Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

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.

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.

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....

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?

A local man has fatally overdosed on fentanyl at the ice cream parlor after polishing off a salted caramel cone. No history of drug use, no needles, no signs of addiction—only a body filled with poison. Rebecca suspects something far worse than a tragic accident. But how does fentanyl find its way into a dessert? When a father and his two children are poisoned by fentanyl after eating at a local diner, Rebecca comes to a startling realization. A sadistic killer is playing a dangerous game of chance, turning routine moments into fatal traps.

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?

Ein Serienmörder, der von der Presse „Das Phantom der Nacht" genannt wird, versetzt Berlin in Angst und Schrecken. Panik verursacht sein Treiben auch bei den Freundinnen Cordula und Amelie, die beide eine nahe Verwandte durch den unheimlichen Täter verloren haben. Als ein Mann verhaftet und in den Maßregelvollzug eingewiesen wird, ist das nur kurzzeitig ein Grund zum Aufatmen. Nach seiner spektakulären Flucht scheint es das Phantom auf die beiden ohnehin traumatisierten Frauen abgesehen zu haben.

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.

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?

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.

Four women went on a weekend of fun to Miami. Four best friends who were inseparable. No one returned. The story made national headlines, and even after weeks of searching for them, they were never found. What happened to them? Are they still alive? Three years later, the teenage children of those same four women decide to take a trip together, against the wishes of their families. They are followed by a TV crew doing a true crime show. When they unearth the body of one of their mothers, they know they are in way over their heads, and soon they realize nothing is what it seems

A serial killer is terrorising London, removing a body part from each victim and leaving in its place a single pink rose. Dr Vernon Sange, a multiple murderer awaiting extradition, seems to know the culprit’s identity - but he’ll only talk to profiler Ziba MacKenzie, the woman responsible for putting him away. Though there’s something he wants in return from her. And time is running out. With one killer whispering in her ear and another running rings around the police, Ziba must play a game in which only her opponent knows the rules, and the forfeit is death.

Un peculiar detective del siglo XVII llamado Capablanca, junto con su inseparable ayudante Fray Hortensio, se verá envuelto en un misterio, justo cuando está a punto de embarcar rumbo hacia las Indias. Se han producido una serie de asesinatos, sus víctimas siempre son mujeres y las muertes parecen obedecer a una especie de ritual sangriento. Capablanca descubrirá que el Madrid barroco de los bajos fondos y las altas esferas del poder no están tan alejados como cabría pensar.

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.

Twenty years is a long time to wait for justice. And when you're so close that you can taste it, you want to serve yourself. Special Agent Florel Ross has made a vow. She has one year, or until Jimmie Putnam is about to kill again, before she will confront him - or report him - herself. Now, with his own ice cream shop, watching him will be easier than ever before. With nothing to lose and obsession steering her, Florel is fearless. She takes the sort of risks her twin sister would be proud of. And the danger is only getting worse.

Jimmie Putnam is an ordinary man by any measure. By day, he works as a law clerk. At night, when he can't fight the cravings, he becomes a collector. He takes great care of his human things, and when they've been on their best behavior, he even takes them out of his freezers. Florel Ross has been mostly invisible since the death of her twin, who died 20 years ago at the hands of a serial killer. Obsessed with justice, Florel is willing to risk anything for the answers she craves: What goes on in the mind of a serial killer?

All of Nashville is on edge with a serial killer on the loose. A madman is trying to create his own end-of-days apocalypse and the cops trying to catch him are almost as damaged as the killer. Field of Graves reveals the origins of some of J.T. Ellison's most famous creations: the haunted Lieutenant Taylor Jackson; her blunt, exceptional best friend, medical examiner Dr. Samantha Owens; and troubled FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin.