Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

When yet another girl goes missing from nearby Bellingham, Washington, crime reporter Tess McClintock is made aware of the case after she's sent a map that appears to mark the location of a number of bodies, including the one in the Haro Strait. With Michael Carter's help, she begins an investigation into the girl and her past. Is there another serial killer working in Bellingham? The Haro Strait is Book Two in the Salish Sea series of crime thrillers set in the Pacific Northwest.

»Ich habe keine kranke Seele, die mich Dinge tun lässt, die ich bereue. Ich töte diese Menschen, weil ich es will, weil ich es kann und weil es mich erfüllt.« Am Hamburger Elbstrand wird die Leiche von Sarah Lübbe gefunden. Noch ahnt Oberkommissarin Heide Lindner nicht, dass sie dieser Fall sowohl beruflich als auch privat vor eine Zerreißprobe stellen wird. Denn bereits kurz nach dem ersten Mord wird eine weitere Leiche an der schleswig-holsteinischen Nordseeküste angespült.

Franka hat sich gerade am wunderschönen Gardasee als Tourguide selbstständig gemacht, als sie mit ihrer Reisegruppe eine strangulierte Frauenleiche vor einer Kirche entdeckt. Es ist bereits das zweite weibliche Mordopfer binnen weniger Tage, das das idyllische Dorf Colà di Lazise in Atem hält. Der attraktive Commissario Antonio Acero spannt Franka kurzerhand in die Ermittlungen ein, denn ihre kunsthistorische Expertise ist genau das, was er für diesen kniffligen Fall braucht.

Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't believe the victim is the perp he's been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath's latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out.

Die Vermessung des Unfassbaren. Am letzten Tag der Abiturprüfungen im Jahr 2002 fallen Schüsse im Erfurter Gutenberg-Gymnasium. Unser Erzähler erlebt diesen Tag als Elfjähriger, wird mit seinen Mitschülern evakuiert und registriert in den folgenden Wochen die Hilflosigkeit der Erwachsenen im Angesicht dieser Tat. Mehr als zwanzig Jahre später bricht das Ereignis völlig unerwartet erneut in sein Leben ein und löst eine obsessive Beschäftigung mit dem Sujet aus, die in ein Romanprojekt resultieren soll.

Der Hexenmörder aus dem Nebelwald Ein düsteres Mysterium, das den Atem raubt. Im dichten Nebelwald tauchen immer wieder die Leichen junger, rothaariger Frauen mit grünen Augen auf. Alle tragen dieselbe seltsame Hexenkleidung und eine mysteriöse Kette mit Hexagrammanhänger. In der Hand – ein rätselhafter Briefumschlag, dessen Inhalt viele Fragen aufwirft. Die Leichen hängen an Bäumen, um den Hals geschlungen ein Henkerstrick - aber das ist nicht die Todesursache. Unter den Opfern: ein zerbrochener Hexenbesen – und doch war keine dieser Frauen eine Hexe.

Im Juni 1959 verschwindet eine Frau aus einem Ferienzug von Deutschland nach Italien; ihre Leiche wird kurze Zeit später an einem Bahndamm in der Nähe von Freiburg gefunden. Die Ermittlungen führen zu einem mehrfach vorbestraften Mörder und Sexualstraftäter.

Settembre 2004. Il cadavere di una ragazza di circa 18 anni, deturpato dalla permanenza in mare, viene rinvenuto lungo la scogliera di Monopoli, una cittadina alle porte di Bari. Non presenta segni di violenze né di abusi di alcun genere. Il pubblico ministero incaricato delle indagini archivia il caso come suicidio. Giugno 2009. Lungo i binari della linea ferroviaria Bari-Bologna, all’altezza di Santo Spirito, piccola frazione del capoluogo pugliese, vengono trovati i resti di una giovanissima ragazza. Il possibile suicidio desta scalpore: era da tutti conosciuta come solare e piena di vita.

Hüte dich vor verlassenen Orten! Mit ihren Kameras filmen junge Leute leer stehende Villen und Fabrikgebäude. Doch an den "Lost Places" lauert eine tödliche Gefahr. Jonas Starck von der Lübecker Kriminalpolizei findet in einem alten Herrenhaus nahe der Ostsee die erste Leiche. Auf den ersten Blick sieht alles nach einem Unfall aus, doch dann wird klar: Ein Serienkiller treibt an den verlassenen Orten sein Unwesen. Es gibt weitere Tote - und plötzlich wird der Mörder sogar zur Bedrohung für Starcks Familie.

When the broken body of a seventy-one-year-old woman is found beneath the Humber Bridge, a sign around her neck with the words ‘Pure Evil’ spray-painted in red, Detective Hollie Turner can’t help but wonder–who would want this frail elderly woman dead? As she starts to delve into the victim’s personal life, Hollie discovers that the woman, Sister Brennan, ran a local mother and baby home at the Church of St Mary and the Angels. The unit may have shut down years ago, but the pain and anguish of those who were forced to give up their babies remains.

A body discovered in the river in the centre of Cardiff with its tongue amputated leads to more deaths in the Polish community. John Marco and his team have to delve into the East European immigrant community and uncover the murky world of people trafficking. But what is it that links all the deaths together?

Shayna Darby is finally coming to terms with her parents’ deaths when she’s delivered another blow. The body of her estranged twin sister, Angela - the possible victim of a serial killer - has been pulled from the Seine. Putting what’s left of her life on hold, Shayna heads to Paris. But while cleaning out Angela’s apartment, Shayna makes a startling discovery: a coded message meant for her alone... Alive. Trust no one.

When the body of mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband, Adam, in their bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: The word Why? written on the wall in blood. As Natalie begins to delve deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers that Adam has a dark past he’s been hiding, and she’s sure that the Brannons' teenage babysitter, Inge, has secrets of her own.

From number one best seller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired by a dramatic real-life case. How do you catch a killer who is yet to kill? We all know the signs. Cruelty, lack of empathy, the killing of animals. Now, pets on suburban London streets are being stalked by a shadow, and it could just be the start. DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of such offenders all too well.

When you search for the missing, there’s no telling what you’ll find. PI Jessie Cole learned that painful truth firsthand when her sister disappeared. Now a new case will test Jessie and Ben once again. Owen Shepard, the public face of one of the country’s biggest health insurance companies, has become the target of a vengeful father. The man blames Shepard for his child’s death and plans to make the CEO know what it’s like to live with a broken heart - and watch others die.

When homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are called to a crime scene in a heavily-wooded city park, the setting is all too familiar. And when they discover a playing card on the victim's body, their worst fears are confirmed: There's a serial killer operating in the city for the first time in years. As the violence accelerates in Minneapolis, Magozzi and Rolseth soon realize their killer is planning to complete the deck, and they enlist Grace MacBride and her unconventional partners at Monkeewrench Software to help stop the rampage.

212 is acclaimed author - and former deputy district attorney - Alafair Burke’s gripping thriller featuring hip, Manhattan-based detective Ellie Hatcher. Fans of Lisa Gardner, Sandra Brown, Karin Slaughter, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, and PJ Tracy will find it hard to stop listening to 212 until the very last moment.

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.

Nine years ago, July Weaver’s little sister was one of the first victims of the Pacific Lake Killer, a serial killer in Georgia. When other girls began to disappear and were found dead, it was July’s testimony that put her own father into prison for the crimes. After the sentencing, she fled to Nashville to focus on her music career and to try to forget the horrible past. But when her brother tries to kill himself, July is forced to come back home and reunite with her four remaining siblings. What she isn’t expecting is to uncover new evidence that makes her question everything.

When a tech entrepreneur from Shoreditch is found dead in a construction site, along with three skeletons which are discovered to be over a hundred years old, Detective Kamil Rahman sets out to prove himself on his first case for the Met Police.