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1) Fallen
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A police officer is killed in the line of duty every 53 hours in the United States. Giving these heroes a voice, this documentary tells their stories through the eyes of the partners, families, and communities they left behind.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A work of meticulous journalism and gripping drama, it recounts the disturbing tale of Randall Adams, a drifter who was charged with the murder of a Dallas police officer and sent to death row, despite overwhelming evidence that he did not commit the crime.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
“No one who enjoys mystery can fail to savor this study of a classic case of detection.”
—TONY HILLERMAN
On the night of September 14, 1935, George Conniff, a town marshal in Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington, was shot to death. A lawman had been killed, yet there seemed to be no uproar, no major investigation. No suspect was brought to trial. More than fifty years later, the...
—TONY HILLERMAN
On the night of September 14, 1935, George Conniff, a town marshal in Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington, was shot to death. A lawman had been killed, yet there seemed to be no uproar, no major investigation. No suspect was brought to trial. More than fifty years later, the...
6) 21 bridges
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 24
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to investigate the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Clanton, Misisipi. 1990. Jake Brigance se ve envuelto en un juicio profundamente divisivo cuando el tribunal lo nombra abogado de Drew Gamble, un timido muchacho de dieciseis anos acusado de asesinar a un diputado local. Muchos en Clanton quieren un juicio rapido y la pena de muerte, pero Brigance investiga y descubre que hay mas en la historia de lo que parece. El feroz compromiso de Jake de salvar a Drew de la camara de gas pone en peligro su carrera,...
10) The kid
Author
Series
Reed and Billie novel volume 3
Publisher
[DS]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"What do you do when somebody targets one of your own? Alone on the couch one night, Reed and his partner are both summoned to the hospital to find two of their colleagues have been viciously attacked, left for dead on the side of the road with very little evidence to go on. With emotions high and the entire department vowing revenge, Captain Grimes assigns the case to Reed and Billie, offering them any resources available in finding the culprit....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
They called it "The Arctic Circle War." It was a manhunt the likes of which we will never see again. The quarry, Albert Johnson, was a loner working a string of traps in the far reaches of Canada's Northwest Territories, where winter temperatures average forty degrees below zero.
The chase began when two Mounties came to ask Johnson about allegations that he had interfered with a neighbor's trap. No questions were asked. Johnson discharged the first...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 25
Language
English
Description
"The charges: explosive. Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law -- until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way? The evidence: shocking. As Cross fights for his professional life and his freedom, his former partner John Sampson...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When small-time mob leader Zhou Zenong accidentally kills a cop, a dead-or-alive bounty is placed on his head, forcing him on the lam from both the police as well as dangerous gangsters out for the reward. Hiding out in China's densely populated Wuhan province, Zhou becomes entangled with a beautiful, enigmatic woman, who has mysterious intentions of her own.
17) Police
Author
Series
Detective Harry Hole volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless...
18) The driver
Author
Series
A Reed and Billie novel volume 8
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen months ago, Detective Reed Mattox didn't just lose his partner, the woman he met on his first day at the police academy and worked with for the entirety of his career thereafter. He lost his confidante. His sounding board. His support system. His best friend. Victim to a senseless shooting during a routine traffic stop, the details of that night are still as elusive to Reed as they were more than a year before. Months of scouring every...
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