Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

Southern Sweden, 1990. Five lifelong friends gather for a last farewell to their childhoods and each other at an abandoned quarry. The mood is effervescent, but under the surface tensions run deep as not everyone is ready to let go—or be left behind. When dawn breaks, only four remain alive. The police rule the death a tragic accident, but not everyone is convinced, and the incident remains an open wound in the community.

Cosa può esserci di più spaventoso di un serial killer a piede libero? Due serial killer che uccidono contemporaneamente. Ma se fossero tre, o addirittura di più, come si potrebbe arginare la loro forza distruttrice? Il primo è chiamato la Bestia, perché sui corpi delle vittime lascia dei morsi enormi che non sembrano quelli di un uomo e neppure di un animale. Il secondo viene soprannominato il Fantasma, perché non lascia mai tracce. Uccidono in modi diversi, in zone diverse, ma entrambi firmano i loro delitti con lo stesso simbolo: un asterisco seguito da una e.

Six female undergrads at an elite university vanish. The media descends. The families demand action. And as Special Agent Nina Guerrera follows clue by chilling clue, she realizes she’s tracking the most cunning predator of her career. The case takes a turn for the worse, and the bizarre, when several victims are found perfectly preserved in an underground chamber of an abandoned mine. No signs of violence, no hint of how they died. Just more evidence that the killer is cruel, calculating, and a master of mind control.

Adopted when she was only days old, Ivy Hon knows little about her lineage. But when she’s stricken with a mystery illness, the results of a genetic test to identify the cause attract the FBI. According to Ivy’s DNA, she’s related to the Full Moon Killer, who has terrorized the Pacific Northwest for decades. Ivy is the FBI’s hope to stop the enigmatic predator from killing again.

A smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family....

Three cases - two missing persons and one apparent suicide - are pushing PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison closer to the edge.

A serial killer is rampaging across the country, tying families to chairs—arranged in puzzling tableaus—then murdering them, without leaving a trace of evidence. FBI Special Agent Lukas Stark has been hunting the Tableau Killer for eighteen months but is always two steps behind in a maze of dead ends. He has no understanding of why the killer stages the scenes so meticulously or chooses entire families. Burning out, Stark is forced to take on a new partner, Gilles Garnier.

Thomas Maschhoff, a retired mental health professional with a keen interest in the psychology of serial killers, brings us "The Hunt for Cutter," a chilling thriller that delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. A.J. Garrison, an ordinary man by all appearances, harbors a terrifying secret. Within him resides a monstrous alter ego – the Cutter. This sadistic entity compels A.J. to commit unspeakable acts, transforming him into a deranged killer who views the human body as a source for his trophies.

Someone is taking New York's children. The police assume they know who the predator is, but an overzealous detective and a lieutenant in over his head allow a serial killer to walk free. When the FBI sends profiler Scarlett Bell to catch the murderer, the deputy director demands she investigates the case alone. No partner to help solve the mystery. No one to watch her back.

Francis Ackerman jr. ist in den Fängen eines der gefährlichsten Verbrecher der Welt: des Hüters. An einem Ort weit entfernt von jeder Zivilisation, in einem der kältesten Dörfer der Erde ist Ackerman seiner Nemesis gnadenlos ausgeliefert. In Washington, D.C. jagt Ackermans ehemalige Partnerin Nadia Shirazi vom FBI derweil einen gnadenlosen Serienkiller. Aber selbst wenn Nadia Ackerman findet, würde sie ihm überhaupt noch helfen können?

Winter 1893. Im Bayerischen Wald treibt ein Serienmörder sein Unwesen. Auf der Flucht vor der Obrigkeit verschlägt es ihn auf den einsamen Thannerhof. Noch ahnt die hübsche Köhlerstochter Maria nichts von der gefährlichen Leidenschaft des unheimlichen Besuchers.

They call him the Jackdaw. On each body, he leaves a chilling signature: five scratches. And each time he kills, he takes a trophy, an eerie collection that grows with every strike. No one knows what he looks like, where he'll strike next, or why. He could be your neighbour, your boss… your husband. There’s only a paralysing fear that, whoever he is, he's out there: watching, waiting.

A decorated police officer is found dead in a farmer's field, covered in what appear to be wasp stings. Except it's almost Thanksgiving in New York, and three inches of snow cover the ground. Days later, a prominent businessman with a fear of heights leaps from Harmon's tallest skyscraper. Are the deaths related?

When a toddler goes missing in the middle of a bustling Bradford park in broad daylight, Detective Daniel Ward is put on the case. It ought to be an open and shut investigation, but the hours tick by, and Millie Thompson is nowhere to be found. There’s only one conclusion DI Ward can come to: She was taken. When a known child-killer is spotted in the vicinity, Ward fears the worst. He has to catch up with the only lead he has before the infamous Hunters - merciless vigilante justice seekers who will seek retribution at any cost - catch up with his suspect first.

Brilliant FBI forensic examiner and entomologist Fiona Red has never encountered a case she couldn't crack before—until now. Why are recent bodies showing up and appearing to be years old? What does this killer’s mysterious signature mean? And who will he strike next?

Polizeihauptmann Felix Bojko wird zu einem Tatort in die ukrainische Geisterstadt Pripyat gerufen und mit einer grausam verstümmelten Leiche konfrontiert. Da Kanyukov den ukrainischen Ermittlungsbehörden misstraut, schickt er den russischen Polizisten Alexej Markow in die Ukraine, um den Täter ausfindig zu machen. Hauptmann Bojko wird von Mo Celta begleitet, die an einem Austauschprogramm der EU-Ermittlungsbehörden in Kiew teilnimmt und in der Ukraine ihre Schwester sucht.

Рут явно родилась под счастливой звездой. Как еще объяснить ее спасение из лап убийцы, который похитил ее и продержал в плену более суток? Прошло почти двадцать лет, но пережитый в раннем детстве ужас не забылся. Более того, Рут являются призраки погубленных маньяком девочек, правда они не рассказывают ничего такого, что было бы ей неизвестно. А известно ей то, что в родном городе опять пропала маленькая девочка, хотя преступник давно умер в тюрьме. Неужели у этого монстра нашелся подражатель? А может, у него есть сообщники? Рут полна решимости помешать ему.

Билли Сэлинджер и Адам Миддлтон понимают: он не остановится. Его аппетиты растут, он хладнокровен, расчетлив и всегда на шаг впереди. Чтобы выманить убийцу, она готова войти в его игру и дать ему то, чего он так сильно хочет. Адам против: он понимает, насколько опасной становится игра и не готов подставлять Билли под удар, но, возможно, это единственный шанс остановить монстра.

In New Orleans verschwindet ein Zwillingspärchen kurz vor seinem 21. Geburtstag. Der Fall weckt Erinnerungen an einen Serienmörder, den man den "Einundzwanziger-Killer" nannte, weil er seine Opfer in einer grausigen Zeremonie an deren 21. Geburtstag tötete. Aber dieser Psychopath ist seit Jahren hinter Gittern. Oder doch nicht? Detective Rick Bentz befürchtet das Schlimmste. Zusammen mit seinem Partner Reuben Montoya versucht er fieberhaft, den Killer zu fassen und das Leben der Zwillinge zu retten.

An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and atmospheric thriller that will appeal to fans of Henry Darger and Erik Larson alike" (Sarah McCarry). In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival...