Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

Medierna kallar dem The Postcard Killers. De är unga, vackra och välutbildade - och de skär halsen av unga människor över hela Europa. Eftersom de postar vykort till en journalist i varje stad där de dödat är rubriken given: The Postcard Killers har mördat igen. Nu har de kommit till Stockholm. Det inser Dessie Larsson, journalist på tidningen Aftonposten, för hon har precis hittat deras kort i sitt postfack. Tillsammans med Jacob Kanon, mordutredare från New York, dras hon motvilligt in i våldsverkarnas vanvettiga värld.

When a world-renowned psychiatrist is found dead in an abandoned ranch house in the Californian Santa Carina Valley, a Post-it note with the words “Susan Parker” and a cell phone number is taped to the basement door. Still grieving her husband’s devastating suicide less than a year ago, FBI agent Susan Parker is taking a break from work and trying to rebuild her life as a single mom to her seven-year-old daughter, Natalie. When she’s called to the crime scene of Doctor Magnusson, a chill runs down her spine.

It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. And this grisly event eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day. It is DI Tom Thorne who sees the link and comes to the horrifying conclusion. This is not a serial killer the police are up against. This is two of them - and two killers are way more deadly than one....

A family is murdered as they sleep. FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera and her new team are tasked with determining whether there is any link between this attack and another triple homicide from four years earlier and more than 2,000 miles away. In the process, they’ll discover a serial killer so cunning that his grisly trail of death spanning nearly three decades has gone undetected. Each crime scene reminds Nina of the ghostly Latin folktale of La Llorona, which terrified her when she was an abandoned and vulnerable child. Now it’s back to haunt her.

Inspector Torquil McKinnon has returned to the remote Scottish island of West Uist to devastating news. His closest friend, Constable Ewan McPhee, is missing, presumed dead. When more bodies are found in suspicious circumstances, it is clear a serial killer is at large. Tensions are high and paranoia is rife. Can Torquil restore peace to the tight-knit community? Will he find out what happened to Constable McPhee? Or will he too fall prey to the depraved murderer?

Holger Munchs und Mia Krügers erster Fall – die Vorgeschichte zu "Engelskalt". Auf einem Feld in Schweden entdeckt ein Bauer die Leichen von zwei elfjährigen Jungen, zwischen ihnen ein erlegter weißer Hase. Im Tagebuch eines der Kinder findet sich ein rätselhafter Eintrag: "Morgen kommt der Mond. Ich habe Angst vor dem Wolf". Acht Jahre später werden auf einem Feld bei Oslo ebenfalls zwei tote Jungen gefunden.

Louise élève seule son fils Sam, ce « petit magicien » capable d’enchanter une vie qu’elle a reconstruite à grand-peine après un deuil terrible et des années de dérive. Harcelée et brutalisée par son ancien compagnon, elle va croiser la route du commandant de police Jourdan, un homme sombre, désemparé et révolté par l’état du monde. Jourdan enquête avec son groupe sur des meurtres de femmes particulièrement sauvages.

She’d been running for so long, it felt like her legs were on fire. Her heart was pounding so hard, she was sure it would give out. Around her, the snow was falling, casting an eerie silence over the town. A crack behind her, a foot snapping a branch, it warned her that he was still coming. She whipped around and saw the knife gleaming in his hand....

When Jake Boulder is asked to help investigate the murder of Kira Niemeyer, he soon finds himself tracking a serial killer who selects his next victim in a most unusual manner. As the body count rises, Boulder has to work with the police to identify the killer before more lives are taken. What ensues is a twisted game of cat and mouse. Only Boulder or the Watcher can survive.

Eva Raes far, som hun ikke har set i 36 år (siden han kidnappede hendes søster i et supermarked), er i Florida og har brug for hendes hjælp. Hendes yngre bror, som hun ikke vidste noget om, er blevet anholdt på Amelia Island. Han er i koma efter at være blevet skudt af politiet i selvforsvar. Men faderen tror ikke på politiet.

Kommissar Olav Thorn ahnt nichts Gutes, als er zu einem bizarren Fund an den Bremer Busbahnhof gerufen wird: Im Gepäckraum eines Reisebusses aus Dortmund ist ein Koffer zurückgeblieben - mit grauenvollem Inhalt, sowie einem Zettel mit der Botschaft: "Ich packe meinen Koffer, und auf die Reise geht ...?" Noch bevor die Ermittlungen in Bremen richtig in Gang kommen, erreicht den Kommissar eine Nachricht aus Berlin: Auch am dortigen Busbahnhof ist ein Koffer mit Leichenteilen aufgetaucht.

When a high-society call girl is murdered in her Georgetown home, investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom. One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection...and no one knows who's on the other end. Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by beleaguered FBI Director Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder because of the murder's similarity to a case she worked a year earlier.

DI Tom Stonem’s peaceful holiday is cut short when a body is discovered nearby, in the shadow of the Angel of the North. The dead man is bound, his arms outstretched in the sculpture’s iconic pose. In the man’s pocket is what appears to be a little girl’s Christmas list, with the first item – 1. Angel delight – crossed off. When a second body is found – a woman, stabbed in the abdomen after her work Christmas do – Stonem can’t help but notice a grim connection between the crime scenes and the items on the seemingly innocent list. 2. Red party dress. Could this be a murderer’s twisted code?

In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They’re connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. There’s Dorian, still adrift after her daughter’s murder remains unsolved.

Felicity Armstrong’s day is shattered by the sight of a dead body. The SFPD see a connection to her, but Felicity denies knowing the dead man. When the second body is found, doubt creeps in. She is the only one who believes in her innocence...Then it all changes. No longer a suspect, Felicity fears for her life as it becomes clear that the killer has a plan. What would you do if your friends are murdered one by one?

Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there's no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn't in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end. But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There's Melissa, Joe's accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking.

Two decades ago Marissa Mo escaped a basement prison - the only home she’d ever known. At twenty-seven, Marissa’s moved beyond the trauma and is working under a new name as a freelance photographer. But when she accepts a job covering a string of macabre murders in Portland, it’s impossible for Marissa not to remember. Everything is eerily familiar. The same underground lairs. Sad trinkets and toys left behind, identical to those Marissa had as a child. And then there is the note meant just for her that freezes Marissa’s blood: See you soon, Missy.

Former police officer-turned-solicitor Eric Ward is recovering from a serious eye operation when the offer comes in. Come down to London. Help Philip Scarn, a successful entrepreneur, break into the North East. Get paid handsomely doing it. On the journey, Ward is nearly killed. At the other end of a phone call, a shadowy voice warns this is just the beginning. Then a young woman is murdered.

Sherlock Holmes ist mit einer aufsehenerregenden Mordserie konfrontiert: Der Täter scheint sich bei der Opferauswahl an den sieben Todsünden des christlichen Glaubens zu orientieren. Die Ermittlungen gestalten sich zunehmend schwierig und überaus gefährlich.

Una piscina abbandonata piena di cadaveri. Un serial killer che ha agito per anni senza destare sospetti. Barcellona è il terreno di caccia di un nuovo predatore, che diventa l'obiettivo principale della polizia. Il Commissariato di Travessera de les Corts riceve l'incarico di risolvere il caso. Riusciranno a identificarlo e catturarlo prima che colpisca di nuovo?