Police Procedural category: 10739 books

Assume nothing—that's the touchstone for every homicide investigation Detective Davie Richards undertakes. She approaches her latest case the same way, determined to learn as much about the victim as she does about the killer. But there's nothing about thirty-four-year-old Sara Montaine or her death...

Meet Detective Sergeant Alicia Friend. She’s nice. Too nice to be a police officer, if she’s honest. Now assigned to DI Donald Murphy’s team, the annoyingly-perky detective finds herself in the grip of a northern British winter, investigating the kidnap-murders of two young women - both...

Tyler Garrett is a model SWAT officer whose good looks, education and familial status add to that image. The fact that he is a black man in the predominately white Spokane Police Department only adds to the city administration’s pride in one of their own. He’s often pointed to as an example of...

New York Times bestselling author Robin Burcell has worked as a cop, hostage negotiator, and an FBI-trained, forensic artist. She brings that unparalleled experience to her continuation of Carolyn Weston’s groundbreaking series of books, the basis for the legendary TV show The Streets of San Francisco. Sgt....

"If anyone's writing better police thrillers than George, I don't know who it is." —Entertainment Weekly Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel for The Odds, Kathleen George has received raves from all corners for her Pittsburgh-set police procedural series. Now, in...

The Twisted Love Series is a very intense police procedural and romantic suspense series that delves deep into the world of crime and how it is investigated. Due to the fact that the crimes continue from one book to the next, the books should be read in order and do contain cliff-hangers. These books...

A businessman is found dead—tied to a bed in an upscale hotel—and an Iceland police sergeant investigates: “This procedural series [is] a standout” (Kirkus Reviews). When Sgt. Gunnhildur Gísladóttir of the local police force is called in to investigate the death of a man found tied...

A demented killer is on the warpath and only Wallander can stop him: “Mankell at his best . . . If you haven’t bought Sidetracked, do so ASAP” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).   Inspector Kurt Wallander’s long-anticipated vacation plans are interrupted by two horrific deaths: the self-immolation...

Detroit Police Detective Russ Baker is in charge of the Cold Cases and with his ghostly friend and partner, Wes Loomis, they have to solve murders to be able to send the victim’s spirits to the hereafter. Russ is given a case by his girlfriend Mary, who transfers from Missing Persons to work with...

‘I honestly can't give this book enough praise… without doubt being added to my top ten of 2018… an absolute must read… I couldn't put it down.’ A Booking Good Read, 5 stars As he watches his daughter turn the corner and out of sight, he hears the shots. He’d know that sound anywhere....

A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER . . .  All the Lonely People #12 of 15 in the Rafferty & Llewellyn British Detective Series  For readers who like cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries and police procedurals.  When Detective Inspector...

A "smart, clever, and well-crafted" mystery series from critically acclaimed suspense author Shelley Coriell. Newly retired, Lottie King vows to rest, relax, and recreate. Unfortunately, the boredom’s killing this former homicide detective...until she stumbles upon murders in the...

Vicki Leydig thought she was going to have a few drinks with her friend Mary. She didn’t expect Doug Stirnweiss to offer her a ride home, and she sure didn’t expect to watch a stranger blow Doug’s head off in the parking lot. Penns River police don’t have much to go on until Detective Ben...

“He is a talented and very promising young policeman. Make no mistakes, he deserves the promotion.”But when gay Detective Sergeant Dave Lyon is assigned to Detective Inspector Claire Summerskill’s team as part of the Service’s ‘positive discrimination policy’, no-one at Foregate...