police

An account of a clever French criminal's career as the first police detective.

A policeman tells of his first years on the beat in New York City.

Through informative text and more than 120 photographs, this history of the U.S. marshals chronicles their role in shaping America from the War for Independence to the present day.

Examines the science and technology that law enforcement officers use to prevent and solve crimes. Describes infrared and motion sensors, metal detectors, closed-circuit television, GPS, fingerprint scanners, DNA analysis, body armor, and Tasers. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and sources of more information.

Two troubled girls commit a desperate act. They take turns describing the events in alternate chapters.

Chief Inspector Morse, investigating the murder of a young woman in her North Oxford home, follows a winding trail that eventually leads him to the peaceful campus of Lonsdale College where two senior dons, aided by their ambitious wives, are vying for the Mastership of the school.

NYPD Detective Schaefer, one of the few people on Earth to have fought the Predators and lived, forms an alliance with a young female lieutenant from the Russian army in an attempt to stop a new invasion of the murderous aliens.

An incident in a park leads to an accidental death, but a police detective wonders if it was an accident -- or murder.

The story of a New York policeman's eleven years on the force and his resulting disillusionment with the graft engaged in by fellow policemen.