Police Procedural Serial Killers Mystery

Drei Nächte. Drei Frauen. Per Kopfschuss ermordet. Thomas Bulpanek will in Saarbrücken nur einen Anti-Gewalt-Kurs geben. Doch sein alter Mentor Martens bittet den Ex-Fallanalytiker um Hilfe: Ein Killer inszeniert die dritte Frauenleiche in der dritten Nacht. Die Polizei geht von einem psychisch gestörten Täter aus, aber Martens hat Zweifel. Außerdem traut er dem zuständigen Leiter der Ermittlungen nicht. Tatsächlich findet Bulpanek Hinweise, die in eine andere völlig Richtung deuten.

Strax före midsommar försvinner en medelålders man från sitt fritidshus i Härjedalen. Trots omfattande sökinsatser förblir han försvunnen men spår leder till ett samarbete med kriminalpolisen i Göteborg där Victor Carras tar sig an fallet som förundersökningsledare. Ett drygt halvår senare får polisen nytt huvudbry när två av nyckelvittnena omkommer i - vad det verkar - rena olyckshändelser. Carras och hans team har inget annat val än att börja om från början.

Pierwsza czesc cyklu o komisarzu poznanskiej policji. Wiosna 2010 roku to trudny czas dla stolicy Wielkopolski - do miasta zbliza sie potezna fala powodziowa. Wlasnie wtedy w kilku piwnicach staromiejskich kamienic pojawiaja sie trupy. Przypadkowe utopienia czy celowe dzialanie bezwzglednego mordercy? To wlasnie stara sie wyjasnic komisarz Zagrobny.

In der Nähe von Athen wird die Leiche eines Hotelbesitzers gefunden. "Das Heer der Nationalen Idioten" bezichtigt den Toten der Heuchelei. Es ist der erste Mord einer rätselhaften Serie, bei der die Anklage immer gleich lautet, die Opfer jedoch grundverschieden sind. Kostas Charitos – seit neuestem stolzer Großvater – ermittelt und versucht, den obskuren Fanatikern auf die Spur zu kommen.

Eine junge Frau liegt ertrunken im Christianshavns Kanal, mitten in Kopenhagen. Kriminalkommissar Georg Guldmann erkennt schnell, dass es sich um einen Mord handelt und die Frau vermutlich nicht das einzige Opfer ist. Die Ermittlung führt in die Kopenhagener Restaurantbranche, in das Parlamentsgebäude Christiansborg und ins Opernhaus. Erst im Gerichtssaal kommt schließlich die ganze grauenhafte Wahrheit ans Licht.

Still reeling from a personal tragedy, investigative journalist Rooker Lindström finds a grim hideaway from the world. It’s the dilapidated cabin on Minnesota’s Deer Lake bequeathed to him by his late father—one of the most notorious serial killers in the state. If the walls of this murder house could talk, they’d scream. Detective Tess Harlow needs something from Rooker only he can provide: a window into the mind of a murderer. A copycat is on the prowl, following in the footsteps of Rooker’s father.

When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no one-off. As bodies start to pile up, she is faced with what might be an impossible task - to hunt down a ruthless killer on a seemingly random rampage.

When an abstract sculpture made from human body parts shows up in front of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC homicide detective Lucky Strickland and her partner are called in to catch the killer. Little do they know that this murder is only the opening gambit of a madman hell-bent on revenge. The sweltering city streets become a killing field as a new body is discovered on another block each day, with no end in sight. Can this psychopath be stopped before he reaches the end game, or has Lucky's luck just run out?

It seems like an open-and-shut case for FBI special agent Lucy Thorne when Eliza Cook walks into the field office. The teenage girl confesses to murdering a young boy. Disturbingly composed, she reveals chilling details only the killer could know. Beyond that Eliza doesn't say another word, leaving a vital question met with dead silence: Why did she do it?

When police investigator Susan Adler is called to the roadside murder of a fellow state trooper, she's tasked with finding the people responsible for the cold-blooded act caught on the trooper's dashboard cam. She traces the car to a nurse who, along with her elderly patient, has been missing for days. At the old man's house, she finds disturbing evidence that instantly revives two cold cases involving long-missing children.

Paul Czarcik, the longest-tenured detective in the Illinois Bureau of Judicial Enforcement, puts the rest of the team to shame. Ruthless and riddled with vices, Czarcik always gets his man. And fast. Until now... A double slaying isn’t the open-and-shut case of urban crime he’s used to. Connecting it to a high-profile Texas judge, Czarcik realizes something bigger is going on. It’s the work of a serial killer for whom Chicago is just the beginning. Now he’s inviting Czarcik to play catch-me-if-you-can on a cross-country murder spree. Going rogue, Czarcik accepts the challenge.

Florida homicide detective Maggie Novak should be celebrating: it’s the start of a new year, and her boyfriend has just proposed. But all she can think about is the alarming news she received earlier that evening - her teammate Detective Clayton Young is missing. With few leads, Maggie heads to the supermarket where Clay was last seen. To her horror, security footage reveals a devastating scene in the parking lot: her colleague has died in fearful circumstances.

Su uno scoglio del lungomare di Napoli viene ritrovato il corpo nudo e mutilato di una giovane donna. Un macabro rituale che ha già fatto più di una vittima. Una squadra di profiler, guidata dallo psichiatra Tito Jacopo Durso, sta indagando sul caso ed è alla disperata ricerca di qualche indizio sull'assassino, ribattezzato dalla stampa come l'Anatomista. Alla sua équipe la polizia ha deciso di affiancare una psicologa, Artemisia Gentile, esperta nella cura di vittime di abusi e maltrattamenti.

In 1999 and 2000, a number of young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. Others are never seen again. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator, but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Sixteen years later, another case brings Snowy to Broome, where he teams up with Dan Clement (Before It Breaks) and an incidental crime puts them back on the Claremont case.

Sequel to international best seller Block 46 and next in the award-winning Roy & Castells series. Whitechapel, 1888: London is bowed under Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. London 2015: actress Julianne Bell is abducted in a case similar to the terrible Tower Hamlets murders of some 10 years earlier and harking back to the Ripper killings of a century before. Falkenberg, Sweden, 2015: a woman's body is found mutilated in a forest, her wounds identical to those of the Tower Hamlets victims.

A pochi giorni dalla sua esecuzione, Caleb Wardell, ex cecchino del corpo dei marines divenuto uno dei più efferati serial killer della storia del crimine, evade dal braccio della morte. Un duro colpo per la credibilità delle forze dell'ordine alla vigilia delle elezioni presidenziali e un incubo che si rinnova ad anni di distanza dall'ultimo tragico delitto. Riconquistata la libertà, l'ex marine riprende il lavoro interrotto al momento della sua cattura, tornando a uccidere e insanguinare il Paese. L'FBI, beffato dalla sua evasione, ricorre all'aiuto di Carter Blake.

When troubled teen Connor moves to Exeter from the US after a horrific school shooting, he finds himself embroiled in a world of popular kids and easy girls. Everyone wants to be his friend, but they don’t know about what he did...and they don’t know about his father. As Connor’s life in England begins to unravel, DS Adrian Miles and his partner, Imogen Grey, are working up against the clock to catch a serial killer who dates his victims before he kills them. Determined to uncover the truth, Imogen is forced to act as bait - but will she take it too far and risk her own life?

Roma, 2020. Sulle strade della città la neve si mescola con il sangue. Davanti allo specchio del bagno, Giulia osserva i lividi dell'ultimo allenamento di MMA sul corpo scolpito. Poi indossa la divisa di ordinanza ed esce nella notte. Roma è ricoperta da una coltre di neve. Nel Foro romano - dove, secondo la leggenda, è sepolto Romolo - è stato ritrovato il cadavere di una donna sventrata. Un serial killer sta mettendo in ginocchio la capitale attraverso efferati delitti che rimandano alla fondazione della città eterna.

Montreal, 1970. The "Vampire Killer" has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. Bombs explode in the stock exchange, McGill University, and houses in Westmount. Riots break out at the St. Jean Baptiste parade and at Sir George Williams University. James Cross and Pierre Laporte are kidnapped and the Canadian army moves onto the streets of Montreal. A young beat cop working out of Station 10 finds himself almost alone hunting the serial killer, as the rest of the force focuses on the FLQ crisis.

DI Kate Young has known for years that her boss, Superintendent John Dickson, is a violent and evil man. But when she finally confronts him and accidentally shoots and kills him, she’s forced to cover her tracks before anyone can pin his death on her. With revelations about his corruption soon to become public knowledge, Kate sets up a trail of evidence to make it seem that Dickson has conveniently vanished… But Kate knows the corruption doesn’t end with Dickson.