Crime Fiction Thriller Serial Killer

A serial killer in New York’s South Bronx district is targeting clients of local sex workers. The victims, all male, are either burned alive or beaten to death. With the body count mounting and no real leads, the FBI decides to put someone in undercover. Enter rookie agent Shannon Ames. Suited for deep cover work because she is single and without family ties, Shannon is young enough to pass herself off as a working girl. But spending her nights on the streets as she hunts for the killer takes its toll.

Someone is killing wealthy Manhattanites. One by one, the victims are discovered in luxurious high-rises bound, gagged, and brutally murdered in the "safety" of their own homes, by someone whose modus operandi is as horrifying as anything NYPD Detectives Ben Stack and Rica Lopez have ever seen.

When Detective Jackie Cooke is called to the murder scene, she has to choke back tears. Missing teenager Chloe Smedley has finally been found—her body left in a cold back yard, carefully posed with her bright blue eyes still open. Jackie lays a protective hand on the baby in her belly, who seems to kick out in anguish, and vows to find the brutal monster who stole Chloe’s future. Breaking the news to Chloe’s mother is heartbreaking, and Jackie is haunted by the woman’s cries.

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.

Hüte dich vor verlassenen Orten! Mit ihren Kameras filmen junge Leute leer stehende Villen und Fabrikgebäude. Doch an den "Lost Places" lauert eine tödliche Gefahr. Jonas Starck von der Lübecker Kriminalpolizei findet in einem alten Herrenhaus nahe der Ostsee die erste Leiche. Auf den ersten Blick sieht alles nach einem Unfall aus, doch dann wird klar: Ein Serienkiller treibt an den verlassenen Orten sein Unwesen. Es gibt weitere Tote - und plötzlich wird der Mörder sogar zur Bedrohung für Starcks Familie.

When Felicity Springer is reported missing after a police training conference, the countdown to find her begins.... On her way home after an exhausting weekend, with colleagues she can’t wait to escape, Felicity notices something odd about the white van in front of her. A hand has punched through the car’s rear light and is frantically waving, trying to catch her attention. Desperate to help, Felicity dials 999 and calls it in. But whilst on the phone, she loses control of the car on the icy road, crashing straight into the vehicle ahead.

You have six seconds to view this suicide note and 24 hours to save the girl's life. The brand-new novel from rising star Angela Clarke and the second in her chilling and provocative Social Media Murders series. Feisty young journalist Freddie Venton and ambitious police officer Nasreen Cudmore are up against a depraved killer who takes pleasure in taunting them online.

Victim. murderer. Serial killer. What next? The third darkly comic thriller in the highly addictive Sweetpea series featuring serial killer Rhiannon Lewis. Can a serial killer ever lose their taste for murder? Since confessing to her bloody murder spree, Rhiannon Lewis, the now-notorious Sweetpea killer, has been feeling out-of-sorts.Having fled the UK on a cruise ship to start her new life, Rhiannon should be feeling happy. But it’s hard to turn over a new leaf when she’s stuck in an oversized floating tin can with the Gammonati and screaming kids.

When a bundle of frozen body parts fall out of a van on a Los Angeles freeway, FBI agent Scott Houston knows just where to go for an off-the-record post-mortem. But to everyone’s horror, Jayne and Steelie quickly determine the parts aren’t from one body. The body parts are from multiple bodies.

Left to die and trapped at the bottom of the ocean by their younger sister Zaira, Ayana and Yana are rescued by their father, Black Ice, who gave them a new life, but Ayana is having trouble dealing with the change he made to her and only the death of one person can make her feel better.

When the body of mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband, Adam, in their bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: The word Why? written on the wall in blood. As Natalie begins to delve deeper into the couple’s lives, she discovers that Adam has a dark past he’s been hiding, and she’s sure that the Brannons' teenage babysitter, Inge, has secrets of her own.

Ben is now certain his sister was the victim of a sadistic serial killer and refuses to let any distractions get in his way of bringing this monster to justice: not his rocky relationship with Ro, his rekindled friendship with J. D., or Detective Sam Shanks' constant warnings to butt out and let the police handle the investigation. But the ominous winds of Santa Fe are kicking up and there's nowhere left to hide. Find out what happens as Ben, Ro, and Detective Sam Shanks come head to head with the killer in the conclusion of Killing Season.

Following the clues of her sister Julie’s disappearance to Dallas, newly reinstated FBI Special Agent Patterson Blake finds herself saddled with a rookie partner she feels can only get in her way. A cocky ex-cop who thinks he doesn’t need a babysitter. But that proves to be the least of her problems....

Jeanette is the manager of a probation hostel that houses high risk offenders released on license. At 3am one morning, she receives a call telling her a resident has been murdered. Her whole team, along with the eight convicted murderers, are now all suspects in a crime no one saw committed.

When a drug addict finds the body of a man in the basement of an abandoned warehouse in New York City, Detective Damien Drake is called in to lead the murder investigation. Damien's last case cost him his partner's life. This case threatens not only his job, but his sanity, as well. And this time, the killer may be even smarter than he is. One thing is for certain, if he doesn't catch the killer soon, more people will die. The only question is, will the next victim be someone close to Detective Damien Drake?

On a cold morning a cyclist finds the brutally-slaughtered body of a woman in her car, on a remote lane leading to the long-abandoned Irish village of Kelly’s Forge. But when Detective Finnegan Beck arrives from the nearby town of Cross Beg to investigate he notices there’s a baby’s seat in the back of the car. A bottle of baby’s milk lying in the footwell. And no child. Little Róisín isn’t the first child to go missing from that same remote location though. There was another baby girl, taken more than 50 years before, who was never found.

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.

Six female undergrads at an elite university vanish. The media descends. The families demand action. And as Special Agent Nina Guerrera follows clue by chilling clue, she realizes she’s tracking the most cunning predator of her career. The case takes a turn for the worse, and the bizarre, when several victims are found perfectly preserved in an underground chamber of an abandoned mine. No signs of violence, no hint of how they died. Just more evidence that the killer is cruel, calculating, and a master of mind control.

Tracy Crosswhite, détective à la Criminelle, a repris son travail après le procès sensationnel de l'assassin de sa sœur. Encore marquée par cette épreuve, elle se trouve entraînée dans une enquête qui menace de mettre en danger sa carrière, voire même sa vie. Un tueur en série, baptisé le Cow-boy, assassine des jeunes femmes dans des motels miteux du nord de Seattle. Après avoir reçu un message de menaces suggérant que le tueur pourrait s'en prendre à elle, Tracy est chargée de mettre la main sur le meurtrier.

Tracy Crosswhite a passé vingt ans à mettre en doute les faits qui ont entouré la disparition de sa sœur Sarah et le procès criminel qui s'en est suivi. Elle ne croit pas qu'Edmund House - le violeur qui a purgé sa peine et a été condamné pour l'assassinat de Sarah - soit le véritable coupable. Pour que justice soit rendue, Tracy est devenue enquêtrice criminelle dans la police de Seattle, et a dévoué sa vie à la recherche des tueurs.