Serial Killer Mystery Fiction

A taunting letter, claiming violence and death to the vile people of Washburn County, puts Sergeant Jade Monroe and her staff of detectives on high-alert. The letter states they will see the author's work soon, but, without forensic evidence, Jade has no way of knowing who wrote the letter or its validity. When the first victim is discovered, the carnage promised in the letter is realized, and as the body count escalates, so does the depravity of the murders.

In a small town in rural America, murders of little girls have been going on for a long time. Can the FBI stop him before he kills again?

With her tattoos and piercings, MIT tech genius Cami Lark is rebellious and anti-authoritarian—and finds herself in deep trouble when she hacks the FBI. Faced with the choice of prison or aiding the BAU hunt down serial killers, Cami reluctantly partners. Yet a new case has Cami in over her head: a serial killer is tracking women in a mysterious way, biding his time before taking them and taunting the FBI. Cami wants to outsmart him—but she realizes that she, herself, may just be next.

A young boy walks into a police station in France. He claims to be Carl Meagan - a missing child from Sheffield whose name is still whispered as a warning to kids who stay out after dark. On her way home from the supermarket, nine-year-old Keeley Armitage vanishes without trace. Her family is overcome with shock and DCI Matilda Darke can’t help but focus on memories of the Carl Meagan case that almost ruined her career.

There are always stories told around the fire at summer camp—tall tales about gruesome murders and unhinged killers, concocted to scare new arrivals and lend an extra jolt of excitement to those hormone-charged nights. At Camp Luft-Shawk, nicknamed Camp Love Shack, there are stories about a creeping fog that brings death with it. But here, they're not just campfire tales. Here, the stories are real.

Zwei ehrgeizige Ermittler, ein hochintelligenter Serienkiller – ein unerbittlicher Wettkampf gegen die Zeit. Gleich am ersten Arbeitstag steht das Ermittlerduo Jakob Krogh und Mila Weiss vor einem Rätsel. Am Rande einer Ermittlung stoßen sie auf die Leiche einer älteren Frau, die nachweislich nach ihrem Tod noch lebend gesehen wurde. Wie ist das möglich? Kurz darauf wird ein junger Student in seiner Wohnung gefunden, auch er war nach seinem Tod offenbar noch an der Uni. Aber damit nicht genug: An beiden Tatorten werden Krähen gefunden, ausgehungert und versehen mit einer unheilvollen Botschaft.

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.

A boy with a rifle walks into a middle school, intent on carrying out Western-style vigilante justice. A wife and mother of four kisses her twelve-year-old student and forever changes our definition of student-teacher conferences. The world's most famous serial killers put Washington on the map. A bathtub, a handgun, a meat grinder, and a burn barrel play a role in the murder of the captain of a freighter.

'Asesinos de Series' es el nombre del blog de tres jóvenes (Andrés, Marta y Rubén) que viven juntos en Madrid. Adictos a las series, sueñan con crear su gran éxito internacional: una serie de referencia como podría ser Lost. Andrés se gana la vida escribiendo textos para agencias de publicidad y prospectos de farmacia. Marta es maquilladora en culebrones. Rubén es taxista y, en las largas esperas en el aeropuerto o estaciones, devora todas las series posibles.

Dr Nell Ward is delighted when her childhood friend Percy announces she's engaged to handsome businessman Hawke McAnstruther - and rashly offers to host the wedding at Finchmere, her family's estate. But she hadn't anticipated Percy's parents' fiery disapproval of the groom. The ceremony is barely over before Hawke's shady personal and professional life starts to unravel, and tension ripples through the assembled guests.

Westminster, 2013. Wole Robert is black. A Brit. His marriage is on a razor edge. He had always want to be a tattooist but his overbearing mother didn't let his passion see the light of day. He turned out a detective. Meanwhile, a clever monster glides undetected through London, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage but with few clues - tattoos on the victims. But this monster takes it one day at a time - strikes every Wednesday.

ÉL PUBLICA SUS CRÍMENES MINUTOS ANTES DE COMETERLOS. ELLA NO SE DETENDRÁ HASTA ENCONTRARLO.INFIDELIS, EL CASO QUE CONVULSIONARÁ AL PAÍS ENTERO. ¿TE ATREVES A LEERLO? El cuerpo de Daniela aparece sin vida en un hotel a las afueras de San Sebastián. Esperaba a su amante en la habitación cuando la sorprendió una muerte brutal y violenta: esposada con los ojos vendados para simular un inocente juego sexual, y apuñalada. La inspectora Adriana Collante acude a la escena del crimen para hacerse cargo de la investigación.

A dazzling spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary facial recognition powers lead her into the dangerous heart of the Soviet Union—and the path of a killer who shouldn’t exist. ​ It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission...

Wenn du sein Zeichen erkennst, ist es zu spät! Mitten im Winter wird auf einem Friedhof eine tote Frau gefunden – nur mit einem Nachthemd bekleidet. Unter dem Leichnam entdeckt Rechtsmedizinerin Julia Schwarz das Foto einer anderen Frau mit weit aufgerissenem Auge. Darunter steht ein Datum in drei Tagen ... Bei der Obduktion stößt Julia auf ein verstörendes Detail: drei parallele Kratzer über dem Hüftknochen. Das Markenzeichen eines Serienkillers, der seit Jahren hinter Gittern sitzt. Während Kriminalkommissar Florian Kessler fieberhaft ermittelt, sucht er Antworten beim inhaftierten Mörder.

Chelsea Ritter is a high school student with a pet tarantula and a real problem. Her next-door neighbor murders women in his basement and she knows about it. Worse, he knows she knows, but she has proof and she has a plan... but it's not what you expect. Go on Chelsea's journey. It's darker than you think.

In Norway's far north, something unspeakable is surfacing… When a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringøy, it shocks the quiet coastal village – and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bodø apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.

Getting in his car was a mistake. But as the frigid air whipped through her thin coat, she felt too cold to say no. Now, snowflakes settle on her long dark lashes. Ice-cold and forever fifteen years old, she’ll never see her mother’s smile again… As the biggest snowstorm the Outer Banks has seen in decades ravages the coastline, Detective Casey White is called to an abandoned junk yard miles beyond the marshes. Teenager Jill Carter’s body is posed on her back, a look of terror frozen on her beautiful face.

Menu du jour pour les policiers de la BAC : famille dysfonctionnelle et viande hachée à discrétion. Après avoir fêté le nouvel an chinois, qui ouvre l’année du cochon, l’inspectrice Olmo disparaît dans des conditions inquiétantes. A son réveil d’un sommeil comateux, trois hommes gravitent autour de son lit, qui attendent de prendre part au festin. Elena Blanco reprend du Service au sein de la Brigade d’analyse de cas pour mener une enquête qui les conduira dans une ferme sordide recelant des secrets inavouables.

A serial killer is trolling a midwestern suburb. His tools: a hammer, a screwdriver, floral wire, a kitchen knife and, to complete his errand, a Russian nesting doll left behind as a calling card. From one grisly crime scene to the next, Detective Ernest Neville and his Russian Doll Killer task force follow. With few leads and his career on the line, Neville is driven to desperate measures to get to the core of this diabolical puzzle. Layer by layer, he’s getting closer to the final piece.

Midlands police chase a serial killer who inflicts death by the new urban weapon of choice. Given the targets seem enveloped in love affairs and deceitful liaisons, Chief Inspector Gavin Roscoe suspects a motive of jealousy and revenge. But as the number of victims increases, the connection between them wears thin. Is it really a broken heart holding the crossbow? And if it's not some crazed Cupid, who has their finger on the trigger? Plucky Detective Sergeant Sunita Roy doesn't think they are looking in the right places. Yet without evidence, her theory won't hold water.