Serial Killers

In this “skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish” (Fresh Fiction), family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller. In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher...

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller. Recently ghosted and sick of watching her...

The #1 New York Times bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his “number one fan.” One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” (USA TODAY). Adapted into the classic film Misery (1990). Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has finally met his...

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly...

In this electrifying thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross is on his most terrifying murder case yet as a he must take down not one, but two serial killers working together in a twisted cross-country criminal alliance. Inspiration for the heart-pounding Prime Video...

Listen to the silence... An instant classic novel of chilling psychological suspense...a critically-acclaimed audio production of unforgettable intensity...From the tormenting words of the homicidal maniac Dr. Hannibal Lecter and the flesh-rending depravity of an elusive killer to the sheer...

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls...

In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other....

Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside....

"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES "The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIRE WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The “dark comedy with a creative twist” (Miami Herald) that introduced America’s favorite serial killer—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. “A macabre tour-de-force.”—The New York Times Book Review Meet Dexter...

A serial rapist is kidnapping teenage girls. But he’s not interested in just any teenage girls - only virgins. He hunts them by following their status updates and check-ins on social media. Once he’s captured them, they’re locked away in his sound-proof basement....

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers.....

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, detective Alex Cross is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. “One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time” (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) The inspiration for #1 hit...

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas. Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer. When a...

To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his “art” to new heights....

Eat Pray Love meets American Psycho in a seductive and sinister debut literary thriller. Food critic Dorothy Daniels indulges in her homicidal urges by murdering her lovers and devouring their organs in this intense, visceral, and lushly told tale of food, sex, and power....

He is one of the most haunting characters in all of literature. At last the evolution of his evil is revealed. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him...

Now an Amazon Prime original limited series! Agatha Christie’s beloved classic The A.B.C. Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer. There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A deadly duel unfolds for “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. Dexter is displeased. Like any self-respecting, totally decent, soundly...

FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers.

Lights. Camera. Murder. Take a wild ride through Hollywood with “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. “Gory? Yes. Appalling? Absolutely! Funny? Amazingly so...

Dan Wells's debut audiobook, I Am Not a Serial Killer, is the first installment in a trilogy that will keep you awake and then haunt your dreams. John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He's obsessed with serial...

Alina Lis, Botanikerin und Hobbygiftmörderin, vertreibt sich die Zeit damit, widerliche Männer in ihrem verdrehten Sinn für poetische Gerechtigkeit zu töten.

DON'T MISS THE NBC TELEVISION SERIES LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT FOR THE BONE COLLECTOR The first novel in the New York Times bestselling series featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme—from the author of The Never Game. “Lightning-paced…a breakneck thrill ride.”—The Wall Street Journal...

Twenty-five years ago, a killer dubbed the Richmond Ripper terrorised London, claiming four victims before vanishing without a trace. Now, with her mother dying, Holly is running out of time to deliver the answers she desperately craves. But as she digs deeper into the past, someone is watching, and when Holly is targeted, it becomes clear that the killer is back, and he doesn't want to be found. Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Holly can trust no one - because someone in her inner circle is hiding the darkest secret of all.

En medio de la crisis económica que sacude España, Ubaldo Contador, un psicólogo de la Policía Nacional, se ve inmerso en una investigación que lo llevará lejos de su hogar y de sus problemas cotidianos. A su lado, la investigadora checa Janka Kopecká lucha por descifrar la mente del implacable criminal conocido como el Mutilador de Praga. Tú no eres Sherlock Holmes es una novela que entrelaza las vidas de estos y otros muchos personajes, cada uno luchando por encontrar su camino en una ciudad que parece devorar a sus habitantes.

Im Hamburger Miniatur Wunderland geht ein Mörder um. Die echten Opfer sind stets versehen mit der Notiz: »Lieblingsleichen«. Kommissar Knudsen sieht den Ernst der Lage. Hamburg ist bundesweit die Stadt mit den meisten Obdachlosen. Auch La Lotse, Knudsens Freund, wirkt wieder auf ungewöhnliche Weise an den Ermittlungen mit.

Police sirens ring louder while blood drips from my hands. I must hide, but it's Christmas Eve, and all houses shine with colorful lights. All but one. Too late do I realize the house is not empty. A woman lives here alone, hidden in the dark and playing a game. I don't kill innocents. It's my only rule. The woman doesn't scream or try to call the police. Her big, green eyes take me in with curiosity, and not even the blood on my gloves makes her flinch. She sees me at my worst—and she doesn't run.

FBI Agent Ella Dark, 29, is given her big chance to achieve her life’s dream: to join the Behavioral Crimes Unit. Ella’s hidden obsession of gaining an encyclopedic knowledge of serial killers has led to her being singled out for her brilliant mind, and invited to join the big leagues. But this time Ella finds herself in a cat and mouse chase with no way out, and she must wonder if she is hunting—or the one who is hunted…

Un asesinato como ningún otro. Un asesino más retorcido de lo que jamás ha visto. Un caso que lo llevará al límite. Tras recibir el aviso, Robert Hunter llega a la escena del crimen más escalofriante y brutal a la que ha acudido jamás. El horror aumenta cuando, durante la autopsia, encuentran dentro del cuerpo de la víctima una nota con el verso de un poema dejado por el asesino. Cuando poco tiempo después se encuentra otro cadáver, el método utilizado y la firma del asesino son tan distintos del primero que los forenses al principio no ven ninguna relación entre los crímenes.

En la apacible comunidad costera de Story Cove todo parece perfecto: casas de ensueño, vecinos ejemplares y una vida tranquila… hasta que una mañana aparece el cuerpo destrozado de una runner al pie de los acantilados y la fachada idílica comienza a resquebrajarse. La detective Rue Duval sospecha que podría tratarse de otra víctima del asesino en serie al que investiga hace tiempo. Lily Bradley (reconocida psicóloga, madre de dos hijos y esposa de un prestigioso profesor) parece tener su vida bajo control o es lo que parece y todos creen.

Two years ago, Ruth was an ambitious journalist on the trail of a serial killer with a very specific calling card. Then her best friend became the latest victim, and Ruth's life fell apart. When police shelve the case, Ruth decides there is only one way to force them to keep looking: make him kill again. Or at least, make it look like he has… The good news: working at a funeral home has its perks, like access to fresh hearts she can use to stage convincing crime scenes. The bad news: the real killer has noticed Ruth's 'work' too, and now it's not just the police trying to catch her…

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.

1978 nahm Cheryl Bradshaw an der beliebten TV-Kuppelshow „The Dating Game" teil. Aus einer Reihe von vorgestellten Junggesellen wählte sie den gut aussehenden, draufgängerischen Fotografen Rodney Alcala aus. Während das begeisterte Publikum zusah, wie sich das Paar umarmte, verbarg sich hinter der Kamera eine erschreckende Wahrheit. Rodney Alcala war ein Serienmörder inmitten eines grauenvollen Amoklaufs. Versteckt in aller Öffentlichkeit.

L'écrivaine Karen Walker en sait plus que quiconque sur les meurtriers. Son ex est le « Bagman », un tueur en série enfermé à vie dans une prison de haute sécurité. Après l'avoir aimé aveuglément durant des années, elle a fini par le livrer à la police. Mais aujourd'hui, dix ans plus tard, alors que Karen s'apprête à publier le récit de ses crimes, une jeune femme disparaît dans des circonstances terriblement familières. Cela ne peut pas être le Bagman, puisqu'il est derrière les barreaux… n'est-ce pas ? Karen doit en avoir le cœur net.

Para la detective novata Anna Travis, su primer caso es un bautismo de fuego: seis mujeres, un mismo patrón de muerte escalofriante. Pero la séptima víctima rompe el molde. Anna debe ganarse el respeto de sus colegas mientras busca justicia. La investigación apunta a Alan Daniels, un famoso actor con un encanto peligroso. ¿Podrá Anna superar su atracción y descubrir la verdad, aunque eso signifique arruinar su carrera y poner en riesgo su propio corazón?

Quando la figlia muore in quello che la polizia definisce un semplice incidente, secondo l'agente speciale e profiler dell'FBI Pierce Quincy rimangono troppe domande senza risposta. È convinto che qualcuno abbia ucciso sua figlia ed è disposto a rischiare tutto per scoprire cosa sia davvero successo. C'è solo una persona disposta ad aiutarlo: la sua amica ed ex agente di polizia Rainie Connor. Ma la persona che cercano è diversa da qualsiasi altro killer che i due esperti professionisti abbiano mai incontrato prima.

Max Grimes is homeless, living on the streets of Auckland – among the forgotten, the invisible. But now someone is hunting the homeless, killing them one by one. Trying to put his shattered life back together, Max is pulled into a deadly game when a face from his past reappears, reopening wounds he thought were long buried. As whispers of a Grim Reaper spread terror through the city, Max must race against time – not only to find the killer, but to outrun the ghosts chasing him. Because if he fails, he'll be next.

Gerade erst aus Ohio zurückgekehrt, wartet Inspektor Bishop mit einem neuen Fall auf Professor van Dusen. Ein Serienmörder hat es offenbar auf Geistliche abgesehen. Seinen Opfern fehlen die Schuhe, während sie mit durchschnittener Kehle vor dem Altar knien und zu einer Jesusfigur hinaufstarren. Van Dusen und Hatch stürzen sich kopfüber in einen neuen Fall, der ihre ganze Aufmerksamkeit und ihr Geschick erfordert, denn das Leben eines Menschen hängt allein von ihnen ab.

Dans le torrent de la Leysse, à Chambéry, sont retrouvées des têtes de femmes coupées, maquillées et coiffées d'une couronne d'edelweiss. Axelle, journaliste aux faits divers, décide de mener l'enquête. Tout converge vers Valfréjus, station réputée pour les sports extrêmes. Derrière l'ambiance festive qui règne en altitude, au milieu des amateurs de sensations fortes, un tueur se dissimule. Un thriller machiavélique sous haute tension.

Agent Roberts is now retired but is drawn back into finding these killers. Michael finds that a boy has been taken. Can they find them all?

Come dive into VIRAL Episode Series with Amy Perez MS Psychology! Currently, according to the FBI, there are over 500 serial killer truck drivers across America. Women everywhere are in danger. How do we find them and how do we catch them? Let's go inside the mind of a real serial killer on the road amongst the young women at risk. Can he be stopped? More importantly, can he be found? Let's find out in this psychological thriller series by Amy Perez MS Psychology!

Kaum aus der Haft entlassen, tritt Ex-Sträfling Jericho Bender einen neuen Job als Wachmann an. Er soll nachts die Ruine einer verlassenen Bibliothek bewachen, in der vor Jahren ein fürchterliches Feuer gewütet hat. Nacht für Nacht wird er in dem alten Gemäuer Zeuge unerklärlicher Phänomene. Was er anfangs noch als Hirngespinst abtut, verknüpft er bald mit der düsteren Geschichte der Bibliothek, die einst einem geisteskranken Kindermörder als Versteck diente. Als Jericho sie findet, wird die blutige Vergangenheit des »Midnight-Maniac« zu seiner düsteren Gegenwart.

Im Lübecker Hafen liegt eine Leiche. Der Tote ist von Kopf bis Fuß in ein dickes Tau eingewickelt. Jonas Starck und seine Kollegin Sascha Novotna von der Lübecker Kriminalpolizei ermitteln im Umfeld des Toten. Nur einen Tag später wird eine bekannte Springreiterin tot im Stall ihres Hengstes gefunden. Alles sieht aus, als wäre sie von ihrem Pferd totgetreten worden. Doch plötzlich stoßen die Ermittler auf ein Detail, das die Opfer verbindet. Als sie begreifen, dass ein Serientäter seine Signatur hinterlassen hat, jagt der Unbekannte bereits sein nächstes Opfer.