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Sidder du godt? Så lad mig fortælle ... Washington Poe har en historie i ærmet. Og han har brug for din opmærksomhed. Du kommer til at høre om, hvordan det hele begyndte med de tyvagtige fugle. Krager. Hundreder af dem. En morderisk flok … Han vil fortælle dig om en mand, som stod bundet til et træ og blev stenet til døde. En mand, som tatoverede sig selv med en så besynderlig kode, at selv den knivskarpe analytiker Tilly Bradshaw måtte kæmpe for at knække den.

The next unmissable novel in the Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning Washington Poe series. Poe and Tilly fans: be prepared for the most twisted thrill-ride so far . . .

El sargento detective Washington Poe puede contar a sus amigos con los dedos de una mano, y una de ellos es Estelle Doyle, la mordaz patóloga forense a la que acude cada vez que tiene preguntas sobre algo húmedo y orgánico. Cuando el padre de Estelle aparece muerto en su domicilio con dos tiros en la cabeza, Poe no dudará en acudir en su ayuda. Estelle tiene residuos de pólvora en las manos y sus huellas son las únicas que aparecen entrando a la casa. Mientras tanto, un envenenador al que la prensa ha apodado "el Botánico" envía poemas y flores prensadas a personas famosas.

When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to him, Ben Koenig has no idea at first why the highest echelons of the CIA would need his help. But then he realises he knows the woman who carried out the killings. Ten years earlier, without being told why, he was tasked with helping her disappear. Far from being a deranged killer, she is the gatekeeper of a secret that could take down the West, so for years she has been in hiding. Until now.

Hvad er en frygtløs mand faktisk i stand til? Det finder de snart ud af … på den hårde måde. Ben Koenig var engang chef for en specialgruppe under US Marshals. Hans gruppe jagtede de slemme fyre – de virkelig slemme fyre. Han var i stand til at finde hvem som helst. Og så en dag forsvandt Koenig selv. Nu har Koenig været på flugt i seks år. Og pludselig dukker hans ansigt op på hver eneste tv-skærm i USA, så han er nødt til at komme op til overfladen. En kvinde er forsvundet, og hendes far vil gøre hvad som helst for at finde hende.

Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he needs you to listen. You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder. He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it. He'll tell you how the man's murder was connected to a tragedy that happened fifteen years earlier when a young girl massacred her entire family. And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair.

Dans la région sauvage du Lake District, au centre de cercles de pierres, un tueur brûle vif des hommes fortunés âgés de soixante à soixante-dix ans. Aucun lien apparent entre les victimes, aucun indice, jusqu'au jour où l'on découvre gravé sur le torse de l'une d'elles un nom : Washington Poe. Celui de l'inspecteur-chef mis à pied pour une erreur ayant entraîné la mort d'un suspect ! Contraint par sa supérieure Stephanie Flynn de reprendre du service, Poe doit faire équipe avec Tilly Bradshaw, une geek surdouée mais socialement inadaptée.

When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to open a safe in Langley for the first time in ten years, they find a note directing them to a few key individuals. Three of the people on the list are dead. The fourth is Ben Koenig. Koenig has no idea why his name is on the list. Then he realizes that he knows the woman who carried out the killings. Ten years earlier, without being told why, he was tasked with helping her disappear.

A collection of seven short stories, featuring crime-fighting duo Tilly and Poe: The Killing Field, Why Don't Sheep Shrink?, Dead Man's Fingers, Strange Ink, A Permanent Solution, Mondo Bizzarro and Once in a Red Moon.

Er schickt seinen Opfern Gedichte und getrocknete Blumen, bevor er sie vergiftet–und er kann offenbar durch Wände gehen, denn selbst Polizeischutz rund um die Uhr kann ihn nicht stoppen. »Der Botaniker«, wie ihn die Presse nennt, hat bereits drei Opfer auf dem Gewissen und ein viertes ausgewählt. Für DS Washington Poe kommt der scheinbar unmögliche Fall zur Unzeit: Seine Freundin, die geniale Pathologin Estelle Doyle, wird verdächtigt, ihren Vater erschossen zu haben.

Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn't how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. He's been punched and kicked and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives, it seems things are about to go from bad to worse. He goes by the name of the Pale Man, and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for 20 years. But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn't. Although it might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all along.

Un asesino en serie está quemando vivas a sus víctimas. No hay ningún tipo de pistas en las escenas del crimen y la policía ha perdido todas las esperanzas. Cuando su nombre es hallado en los restos carbonizados de la tercera víctima, Washington Poe, un detective suspendido de empleo y caído en desgracia es llamado para que se haga cargo de la investigación, un caso del que no quiere formar parte. De mala gana acepta como su nueva compañera a Tily Bradshaw, una brillante pero poco social analista civil.

Midt i julen placerer en seriemorder udstillede kropsdele over hele Cumbria. Et mystisk budskab efterlades på hvert gerningssted: #BSC6.

After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming. Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath. He's currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found, and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So when a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation, one that could cost him much more than his career.

En seriemorder mishandler og brænder folk levende. Han efterlader sig ingen spor, og politiet står magtesløst. Medierne døber ham brændoffer-manden.

Da den kontroversielle, suspenderede efterforsker Washington Poes navn viser sig at være snittet ind i brystet på de forkullede rester af seriemorderens tredje offer, ender Poe mod sin vilje med at blive kaldt tilbage og sat på sagen.

Kriminalassistent Washington Poe er i retten og kæmper for at kunne beholde sit elskede, øde landsted, da han pludselig kaldes ud til et bordel i Carlisle, hvor en mand er blevet tævet ihjel med et baseballbat. Poe undrer sig: Han jagter normalt seriemordere, så hvad skal han på en tilsyneladende banal drabssag? Men det viser sig, at højtplacerede, hemmelighedsfulde personer har ønsket at få netop ham på sagen.

El sargento Washington Poe está en la corte, luchando contra el desalojo de su amada y aislada granja, cuando lo citan a un burdel callejero en Carlisle, donde un hombre ha sido asesinado a golpes con un bate de béisbol. Todo hace indicar que es un simple asesinato por parte de un proxeneta, pero su asistencia fue solicitada personalmente, por el tipo de personas que prefieren permanecer en las sombras.

Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is a man on the edge. He has committed a crime to get back to work, concealed a debilitating illness and is about to be made homeless. Just as he thinks things can't get any worse, the body of a young woman is found buried on a Cumbrian building site. Shot once in the back of the head, it is a cold, calculated execution. When the postmortem reveals she has gone to significant expense in disguising her appearance, Fluke knows this is no ordinary murder.

Investigating how a severed hand ends up on the third green of a Cumbrian golf course is not how Detective Inspector Avison Fluke has planned to spend his Saturday. So when a secret protection unit from London swoops in quoting national security, he's secretly pleased. But trouble is never far away. A young woman arrives at his lakeside cabin with a cryptic message: a code known to only a handful of people, and it forces Fluke back into the investigation he's only just been barred from.

Jared se encuentra cumpliendo cadena perpetua por el brutal asesinato de su hija Elizabeth. Su cuerpo nunca fue hallado y Keaton fue condenado en gran parte por el testimonio del detective Washington Poe. Cuando una joven mujer se presenta a las puertas de una remota comisaría de policía con evidencias irrefutables de que ella es Elizabeth Keaton, Poe se encontrará con el dilema de una investigación que bien podría costarle mucho más que su propia carrera profesional.