Police Procedural Serial Killers Mystery

It’s been twelve long years since Detective Kawika Wong was tasked with solving the brutal murder of the infamous real-estate developer Ralph Fortunato—a case that led to more bodies than answers and a slew of complicated and ancient secrets, a case that made his career. Now, the once-rookie detective is next in line to be Honolulu’s next Chief of Police. But all is not well on Oahu or the Big Island. For weeks, Kawika and his team have failed to catch an elusive serial killer known as the “Slasher.” He strikes quickly and efficiently, and he doesn’t make mistakes.

A DS Glyn Capaldi Mystery DS Glyn Capaldi is in hospital recuperating from concussion and the after-effects of a car crash. But, worse than that, a young woman is dead. She was the passenger in the car, whom he was bringing in for questioning following a night operation in a remote rural...

There are a lot of things you really don’t want to find when you’re a homicide detective in the Bronx. High on the list is a new serial killer. Serial killers are real bad news because they kill without motive, so they are hard to trace and they can take years to catch. But even worse than a new serial killer, is a new kind of serial killer: one who murders with a motive, but a motive so unfathomable nobody can understand it; a motive that makes his choice of victims incomprehensible and unpredictable, a motive that leads to each victim being killed in a particularly cruel and unusual way.

On a cold Manchester night, Victor Mitchum and his loyal-ish dog witness something they were never meant to see. Living on the streets has made Victor good at watching people—which is exactly why private investigator Kasper Dąbrowski recruits him to help find a missing woman. But as Victor watches from the shadows, he realises he has stumbled into something far more dangerous. Working alongside Kasper and his sister, Victor discovers he’s not just tracking kidnappers—he’s watching killers. And now they know someone is watching them.

Based on a true story. An unsolved murder has stumped a small town Sheriff for years... But when young women start turning up dead, killed in the same grisly way as that previous crime, the Sheriff starts pointing the finger at Agent Houston, the new guy in town.

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.

When Detective Karen Hart hears a scream echoing out of beautiful Lincoln Cathedral one snowy evening, she is the first officer on the scene. In the chapel a man lies murdered, a bloody cross carved into his forehead. A note to the police from the murderer, signed by "The Cleanser", confirms their worst fears: this sadistic slaying is the first of many. When early leads become dead ends, Karen starts to wonder if there’s a link to a rumoured conspiracy within police ranks - particularly when an abrasive new officer is assigned to the case.

A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional. With his latest release, the best selling author of When the Wind Blows and Cat and Mouse, turns 1999 into the Summer of St. Germain. You'll listen in terror as New York Cop John Stefanovich pursues Alexandre St. Germain, the most deadly and powerful member of the secret society of criminals known as the Midnight Club.

Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. Seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what, or whom, the victims had in common before another body is found.

El sheriff Burt se ve mezclado de nuevo, en una serie de crímenes espantosos, que parecen ser obra de un imitador del asesino apodado Jack pies de pluma, quien dejó un reguero de chicas muertas en el frío invierno. Peter todavía distante de su amor platónico Ann, aunque recuperada la amista de su hermano Denny, se ve involucrado otra vez en una espiral de asesinatos de chicas jóvenes de la escuela secundaria News Academy. Burt decide cerrar el centro, durante el otoño lluvioso, pero los cadáveres aparecen en cualquier parte.

Former homicide detective Gabe Quinn has quit the LAPD and is chasing his demons pro bono - determined to catch or kill the two serial killers responsible for ruining his life. But when a mutilated body is washed up on a picturesque Florida beach, it marks the beginning of the end for Gabe and his sanity. Nothing is quite what it seems and never will be again. What follows is an explosive race to save a woman's life from the hands of a madman. But this is no ordinary kidnapper.

Imprisoned for the attempted murder of a federal agent, Gabe Quinn is keen to make amends for his mistakes - so when a gruesome murder forces his freedom, he is determined to do everything in his power to bring the killer to justice and prove himself to the FBI. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the killer has something else in mind for Gabe Quinn, something that will raze everything he loves to the ground.

Angst und Schrecken in einem idyllischen Vorort: Ein Serienkiller geht um. Am blutigen Tatort hinterlässt er stets Hammer, Blumendraht, ein Küchenmesser – und eine russische Matroschka-Puppe. Detective Ernest Neville und seine SoKo stehen vor einem Rätsel, mit viel zu wenigen Hinweisen und Nevilles Karriere auf dem Spiel.

When a young South Asian woman is found brutally murdered in her North London home, DS Mumtaz ‘Moomy’ Ali begins the investigation, but is blindsided by a case with no obvious motive. A second female victim is found, with no obvious links to Sidra’s murder apart from also having her throat...

Six months after Lily's sister's death, the bodies of two young women are discovered. One look at the way the bodies have been posed and Lily knows her sister's killer is back. And she's determined to get him. When Lily visits the family of victim Tanya O'Neal, she learns the woman had arranged to meet a man going by the handle CtryGeek23 on the social networking site Scatter. Lily thinks finding the man behind the account is key to solving the case.

Männer und Frauen werden am Stadtrand von Seattle tot aufgefunden, vergiftet durch eine mysteriöse Chemikalie. Als ein Muster entdeckt und klar wird, dass es sich um einen verdrehten Serienmörder auf der Jagd handelt, ruft das FBI seine beste Agentin: Spezialagentin Riley Paige. Riley wird gedrängt ihre Arbeit wieder aufzunehmen - aber Riley, die sich erst langsam von den Angriffen auf ihre Familie erholt, zögert. Doch als die Zahl der Opfer zunimmt und die Morde immer ausgefeilter werden, weiß Riley, dass sie keine andere Wahl hat.

When D.I. Mahoney is called to the scene of a ritualistic murder in southern Tasmania, he and his team must unlock the mind behind the murder before the killer can claim his next victim. The theatrically staged crime scene confounds the detective as he quickly realizes that he’s faced with apprehending a psychotic, yet methodical, killer. Although Mahoney is confident in the forensic and investigative arms of his Homicide Squad, he’s unsure that he has the necessary psychological insight to apprehend a murderer who seems so unhinged.

Ein Set der Bücher #1(Verschwunden) und #2 (Gefesselt) der Riley Paige Krimiserie von Blake Pierce - einem #1 Bestseller mit mehr als 400 5-Sterne Bewertungen! Dieses Set bietet die Hörbucher eins und zwei in einer praktischen Datei an. In Verschwunden, werden Frauen im ländlichen Virginia tot aufgefunden - alle auf groteske Weise getötet - und als das FBI den Fall übernimmt sind sie ratlos. In Gefesselt, werden Frauen im Hinterland von New York ermordet und ihre Leichen in Ketten gewickelt aufgehängt.

Retired Chicago homicide detective Jack Starkey is living what he calls every cop's retirement dream by owning a successful bar, the Drunken Parrot, and residing on a houseboat in Fort Myers Beach on Florida's Southwest Gulf Coast. Mostly, it's been working out just fine. He's dating the lovely Marisa Fernandez, who owns a real estate agency and supplements his usual diet of Pop-Tarts and diner food with gourmet Cuban cooking. But long-term serenity has never been Jack Starkey's destiny.

A popular beach town was torn apart when a teenage girl went missing. Now, one year later, after a storm rips through the area, her body is found - strangled and buried deep under the brush of a local beach. But, as the cops uncover her body, another is found - a more recent victim - and they quickly realize it’s the work of a serial killer.