"A stranded alien continues to hide in Patience, Washington, posing as the town's doctor. He has no intention of leaving--unless it's to get back to his home planet! When a startling new mystery catches his attention, he takes a trip to New York City with the hope of finally finding a way to communicate with his home world"--Provided by publisher.
All signs point to murder when a wealthy businessman plummets from his office window, but with no evidence, witness, or apparent motive, the investigation becomes a cold case. Months later, Detective Inspector Sep Black of the Cold Case Unit is approached by an attractive widow who wants him to look into the murder of her husband, a reporter who seems to have been close to breaking a big story, for which someone had him killed. Black discovers the connection between the two murders, then an attempt is made on his own life.
"In this tense and twisty latest from Norway's maven of crime, time shifts between Inspector Sejer's interrogation of the accused Ragna Reigel and the shocking events that led up to her arrest. How did this lonely, quiet woman come to kill a man--or did she?"--Provided by publisher.
"Police officers are responsible for maintaining law and order to ensure everyone's safety and well-being. In doing so, they often put their lives on the line, making it a dangerous and challenging profession to take on. However, in contemporary America, police forces are criticized for disproportionately targeting people of color, offering indemnity to the small percentage of police officers that act unlawfully or otherwise irresponsibly, and using unnecessarily brutal policing practices. The viewpoints in this volume will allow readers to become more familiar with all sides of policing in America through careful examination of relevant facts and opinions"--.
Simple text and illustrations introduce police officers, discussing where they work, what they do and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Kikuhara faces his past, which forces Anzai to make a decision. Meanwhile, Queen's plot is exposed, and the concern over the presence of devils in society erupts in tragedy.
After WWIII, nomad soldier Duenan Knute and Briareos, her cyborg partner, join the Olympus police and struggle to survive in an urban wasteland that is not all it may seem.
