Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

Cities will fall. Death to all. Life is good for Michael Callahan. He’s retired from the force and now spends his days drinking imaginary tea with his daughter while his wife stars in a hit television series. When dreams of the serial killer, Murmur, ended, Michael buried those memories along with the secrets from his past. But a phone call from an old friend reminds him that the nightmare isn't over. And it's about to get worse. The Morning Star Killer has resurfaced after years of dormancy.

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.

When Hannah Allen was fourteen years old, she was abducted by an elusive serial killer, Peter Harris. Intended to be his eleventh victim, she was his only survivor. Ten years later, therapy and friendship have helped Hannah overcome the trauma of her past. But then a body is found, a body bearing eerily similar injuries to Peter’s victims, complete with the numerical brand he forced upon his captives. Soon it becomes clear that somewhere someone is continuing Peter’s work. Somewhere someone wants Hannah dead.

A pause-resisting and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the Harley Cole series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you listening late into the night.

A late summer heatwave seems to have triggered an unusually high number of suicides. As the dead bodies pile up, DS Jack Mackinnon and the rest of MIT realise things aren’t as straightforward as they seem, and when similar letters are found at the scene of each "suicide", Mackinnon is convinced they are dealing with a serial killer. A killer who is determined to deliver his own deadly justice.

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.

The boy studied the bruise turning yellow at the base of his neck. With quick fingers his mother tightened his tie and pulled his collar high above it. Her eyes alone said, We will not speak of this.... Years later a man is found shot dead in a local park. On his phone is a draft text: I can’t keep this secret any longer. The recipient is unnamed. Detective Robyn Carter knows this secret is the key to the case, but his friends and family don’t offer any clues, and all her team have to go on is a size-ten footprint.

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?

Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens 13-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her - people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers”, each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another.

France, 1986. Achilles Clazay is a successful and charismatic businessman who is adored by his partner and respected by his colleagues. He is also a talented artist who lives for his work. His latest project is Françoise Laville and she’s gagged in the shower, about to die. Because Achilles is the notorious serial killer who has been carving great works of art into the "canvas" of his victims’ skin for five years. But a copycat murder soon changes everything in his brutally ordered life.

It’s been one year since the Lullaby Killer was punished for his crimes, and Mason Black’s life has already improved. His PI business is thriving, his family life is stronger than ever, and after years of misery he’s finally happy. It’s a shame it has to end. Three bodies have been discovered with accusing messages carved into the skin. Hiding below the police radar, Mason flees across San Francisco in search for answers, desperate to find his tormentor before the SFPD arrest him. His only clue? Somebody wants revenge, and they’ll stop at nothing to take it.

Eine Serie von Morden, bei denen die Opfer mit seltenen Blumen „verschönert“ und dann begraben werden, erschüttert die ganze Stadt. Für Kommissarin Katharina Winkler und ihren Kollegen Sebastian Fischer beginnt damit ihr erster gemeinsamer Fall, der an Wahnsinn kaum zu überbieten ist. Zusammen enthüllen sie nach und nach eine verstörende Verbindung zwischen den Mordopfern und verschiedenen Blumenläden vor Ort.

When Detective Natalie Ward is called to the home of 14-year-old Roxy Curtis she can’t help but empathise with Roxy’s distraught mother Cathy. Roxy hasn’t come home, last seen heading next door for a sleepover with her best friend Ellie. As the mother of two teenagers herself, Natalie knows that this is every parent’s worst nightmare. But when Roxy’s body is found in the basement of a beautiful Victorian mansion on the other side of town, Natalie’s darkest fears are confirmed. What was Roxy doing there? Cathy seems evasive, and Ellie refuses to talk.

Kommissar Nils Trojan steckt in einer Sackgasse. Innerhalb weniger Tage wurden drei Menschen getötet, zwischen denen es scheinbar keine Verbindung gibt. Was sie eint, ist allein die schaurige Inszenierung ihrer Augen, die golden wie Bernstein leuchten. Aber dann stößt Trojan plötzlich auf eine Spur: ein mysteriöser Thriller, in dem eine Frau in einem Verlies um ihr Leben schreibt. Und jedes der Opfer scheint mit diesem teuflischen Werk vor seinem Tod in Berührung gekommen zu sein. Als eine weitere junge Frau verschwindet, weiß Trojan, dass der Countdown läuft.

As the test subject of an experimental drug, Charlotte Rowe was infused with extraordinary powers. As the secret weapon of a mysterious consortium, she baits evil predators and stops them in their tracks. But it takes more than fear to trigger what’s coursing through Charlotte’s blood. She needs to be terrorized. Serial killer Cyrus Mattingly is up to the task. Cyrus is a long-haul truck driver, and his cargo bay is a gallery of horrors on wheels. To stop his bloodshed, Charlotte will become his next victim, reining in her powers so she can face each of his evils in turn.

Manchmal ist der Weg in die Vergangenheit die einzige Chance, die Gegenwart zu retten. Es ist Winter in North Carolina. Mit den Temperaturen sinkt auch die Verbrechensrate, und die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan kann sich um ihre Tochter Kathy kümmern, die nach ihrem Einsatz bei der Armee wieder im Zivilleben angekommen ist. Doch dann machen Mutter und Tochter auf der Veranda eine grausige Entdeckung: ein Paket mit einem menschlichen Augapfel.

Twelve years ago, Lei Zhang and her friend Emma Nilsson miraculously lived through the notorious Sorority Row Murders that left twenty-one of their sisters dead. Still wrestling with the trauma but finally out of the limelight, Lei and Emma are now devoted to helping other victims find closure. But most disturbing for Lei - beyond the gut-wrenching survivor guilt - is that the killer was her boyfriend. He’s behind bars, but she’ll never lower her guard again. When a copycat killer targets Lei and Emma, FBI Agent Dante Young is put in charge of anticipating the sociopath’s every move.

A killer is putting the mangled, lifeless bodies of prostitutes on display in sleepy Northeast Tennessee. The murderous spree is accelerating. Two detectives, Lukas Miller from Johnson City and Brooke Stevens from Kingsport, have been assigned to hunt the killer down and stop him. Miller and Stevens are considered the best in their respective departments, and although they've never met, their superiors order them to work together in a coordinated effort to put an end to the violence as quickly as possible. Their reputations, and perhaps their careers, are on the line.

How do you catch a killer who knows your every move? She drew the curtains and returned to the kitchen where she removed the bottle of vodka from the freezer and reached for the large kitchen knife. If he dared to come back, she'd be ready for him. When a body is found hanging in the remains of a dock-side warehouse, detective Kate Matthews is called to the scene.

Ein Samstag im Jahr 1978 in Florida: Mitten in der Nacht dringt ein Mann in ein Studentinnenwohnheim ein. Er geht von Zimmer zu Zimmer und tötet mehrere Bewohnerinnen. Schon bald wird er als einer der bekanntesten Serienmörder der USA bekannt sein. Doch er wurde bei seiner Tat beobachtet. Die Überlebenden, darunter Hauptzeugin Pamela Schumacher, wird diese Nacht für immer verändern. Sie sind alle zum Opfer geworden. Aber sie erzählen hier ihre Perspektiven, sie bleiben Herrinnen ihrer Geschichten.