The WeaponDetective novel by Jack RaymondThe size of this book corresponds to 126 pages of paperback.Gangs fight each other in a merciless fight for shares in the drug business. But the backers are sitting somewhere else... A weapon plays the key role, because the investigators know exactly: Only over this weapon the trace leads to the killer...Jack Raymond is a pen-name of Alfred Bekker, a well-known author of fantasy novels, detec...

Killer Without Mercy: Thrillerby Jack RaymondThe size of this book is equivalent to 207 paperback pages.When the star takes a real bullet during the shooting of an action movie, the investigation of Jesse Trevellian and his team begins - because it was not an accident, as it soon turns out.An action star deeply involved in the machinations of organized crime, against which he always fought in his films, and a power struggle within the underworld - that's wha...

by JACK RAYMOND A routine job turns into a nightmare. A lawyer becomes a target. Insurance lawyer Alex Thorkild is supposed to simply inspect a €50 million asset in a secluded high-tech estate – a straightforward job at the end of his much-needed vacation. But the asset is Prometheus, the world's most advanced artificial intelligence. When a bizarre experiment ends in a deadly catastrophe, Alex goes from investigator to prime suspect – and target. Hunted by a ruthless team of mercenaries a...

Killer Without Remorse: Thrillerby Jack RaymondThe size of this book is equivalent to 206 paperback pages.The lives of thousands upon thousands are threatened when a sect of madmen decides to bring death and destruction to the metropolis of New York.FBI agent Jesse Trevellian and his team don't have much time to thwart this plan - because the end is near and supposedly unstoppable...

by Jack Raymond The size of this book is equivalent to 116 paperback pages. A series of gruesome prostitute murders baffles investigators. Again and again the mysterious killer strikes - and the city freezes in fear. Is a crazy serial killer on the loose - or is war between pimps and gangster bosses behind it? Jack Raymond (Alfred Bekker) is a well-known author of fantasy novels, thrillers and books for young people. In addition to his major book successes, he has written numerous novels f...

Hate That Burns Like Fire: thrillerCrime novel by Jack RaymondThe size of this book is equivalent to 112 paperback pages.Murderous arson attacks shake the city. Entire buildings are being blown up by unknown persons and there are deaths. Investigator Jesse Trevellian and his team are faced with a mystery, while the victims of the unknown hate criminals become more and more numerous...But then Trevellian and his colleagues come across an old injustice and a m...

Giant Kid they called him.The Giant Child.Everything about Giant Kid was basically a little too big for this world.He was a man so huge and enormous that there was no horse on which he could have ridden. He was simply too heavy. And if he rode a wagon, it had to be a two-in-hand. There was no other way. He was simply a giant. A very strong giant. Someone said they saw the Giant Kid lift a horse-drawn wagon and throw it to the ground in a rage. The wagon was so broke...

This volume contains the following mystery novels: Killer Without Remorse (Jack Raymond) Schaven (Jack Raymond) Killer Without Mercy (Jack Raymond) Inspector Jörgensen And The Murderer From The Museum (Alfred Bekker) When the star takes a real bullet during the shooting of an action movie, the investigation of Jesse Trevellian and his team begins - because it was not an accident, as it soon turns out. An action star deeply involved in the machinations of organized crime, against which he a...

The Beast: Thrillerby Jack RaymondThe size of this book is equivalent to 108 paperback pages.A dangerous professional killer escapes from custody - and New York investigator Murray Weiser must nip at his heels. A bone-chilling police thrillerVandermoore had managed to free his hands in the meantime. His right hand jerked forward with incredible speed. A stunned expression froze on the fake cop's face as Vandermoore hit him in the neck with a murderous hand e...

Attempted suicide began to increase inexorably in western societies following World War II. In Britain, it reached epidemic proportions in 1976 when 120,000 cases were reported. More accurately termed “self-poisoning” as the majority of cases involve deliberate, non-fatal overdosing on pills, this remarkable social-medical phenomenon remains without any generally accepted explanation. First published in 1992, Women and Attempted Suicide suggests that two factors have contributed t...

In 1996, Garland published the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Police Science, edited by the late William G. Bailey. The work covered all the major sectors of policing in the US. Since then much research has been done on policing issues, and there have been significant changes in techniques and in the American police system. Technological advances have refined and generated methods of investigation. Political events, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 20...