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Catching the Eden Killer earned Haley Perez her detective's badge—and plenty of angst from her fellow, more experienced, detectives. With her mentor, Marvin Richards, now retired, Perez must rely on her own instincts when the body of a woman is found frozen to death in the forest near Ravenwood, with her eyes gouged out. But, that's the least of Haley's problems: she has a new deadly admirer. Someone claiming to be the Eden Killer's mentor is stalking her.

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.

When a toddler goes missing in the middle of a bustling Bradford park in broad daylight, Detective Daniel Ward is put on the case. It ought to be an open and shut investigation, but the hours tick by, and Millie Thompson is nowhere to be found. There’s only one conclusion DI Ward can come to: She was taken. When a known child-killer is spotted in the vicinity, Ward fears the worst. He has to catch up with the only lead he has before the infamous Hunters - merciless vigilante justice seekers who will seek retribution at any cost - catch up with his suspect first.

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.

When Eleanor Wooley's best friend Rette suddenly disappears, Eleanor abandons her job as a crime reporter for the Gold Strike Tribune in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and sets off in desperate pursuit. What begins as a search and rescue operation quickly becomes an obsession and a personal quest for truth. Spurred by gut instinct, Eleanor scours Northeastern Nevada during the worst heat wave in recorded history. Obscure signs appear-an intruder's dire warning, a casino's mysterious graffiti, a random sighting of a killer on the run.

Someone is taking New York's children. The police assume they know who the predator is, but an overzealous detective and a lieutenant in over his head allow a serial killer to walk free. When the FBI sends profiler Scarlett Bell to catch the murderer, the deputy director demands she investigates the case alone. No partner to help solve the mystery. No one to watch her back.

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.

Tim and Susannah have ordinary lives on the surface. He's a mortician for whom death is a serious business, and she's a chef who really knows her way around a knife. And if the neighbors in their small Midwestern town knew of her dark hobby, they'd run for the hills. Raised by an apathetic mother and a cruel father, Susannah was bullied and pushed to her breaking point long before she met mild-mannered Tim, and learned to channel her murderous impulses into a strange form of art, which keeps her clueless husband safe...for now.

True crime writer Dougal Lachlan swore he'd never set foot in Twisted Cedars again. Not even for his sister's upcoming wedding. But an email promising the story of a lifetime pulls him back to his hometown against his better judgement. Thirty years ago, five librarians were murdered across quiet coastal towns in Oregon, leaving a trail of unsolved mysteries. All signs point to a serial killer. As Dougal plunges into the investigation, he enlists the help of local librarian Charlotte Hammond.

A decorated police officer is found dead in a farmer's field, covered in what appear to be wasp stings. Except it's almost Thanksgiving in New York, and three inches of snow cover the ground. Days later, a prominent businessman with a fear of heights leaps from Harmon's tallest skyscraper. Are the deaths related?

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.

Toda su vida ha intentado superar el tortuoso pasado de su familia: ser la hija de un asesino en serie. Ahora se encuentra preparando su boda, todo ha quedado atrás… aunque parece que no será tan fácil. Un asesino imitador ha surgido 20 años después. ¿todo se repite? Chloe Davis solo tenía doce años cuando se encontraron evidencias que culpaban a su propio padre del asesinato de seis niñas del pueblo. Ya nunca más sería su protector, sino un asesino en serie.

De vijf van Whitechapel is een fascinerend en bloedstollend geschiedenisboek over victoriaans Londen, en een prijswinnende moderne klassieker over de slachtoffers van de moordzaak die de wereld al anderhalve eeuw in haar greep houdt: de zaak-Jack the Ripper. Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine en Mary Jane zijn vijf compleet verschillende vrouwen en hebben elkaar nooit ontmoet. Toch zijn ze beroemd om dezelfde reden: ze werden allemaal in 1888 vermoord. Hun moordenaar is nooit gepakt, maar de naam die de pers voor hem bedacht kennen we tot op de dag van vandaag: Jack the Ripper.

Ein Serientäter vergeht sich auf grausame Weise an Frauen. Zuerst dringt er in ihre Wohnungen ein und vergewaltigt sie. Ein paar Wochen später verschafft er sich erneut Zugriff auf seine Opfer und tötet sie - egal, wie gut sie von der Polizei bewacht werden. Als die Journalistin Eva Haller in ihrem erfolgreichen Blog der Kölner Polizei vorwirft, nicht genug zum Schutz der Frauen unternommen zu haben, gerät sie selbst ins Visier des Täters. Statt an die Polizei wendet sie sich jedoch an einen Mann, den sie im Zuge ihrer Recherchen kennengelernt hat: den Leibwächter Stefan Trapp.

In the hellish city of Miscordia, a serial killer stalks the shadows, leaving a trail of brutal murders each more sadistic and depraved than the last. Enter Detective Valentina Nero, determined to unmask this savage killer before his final, chilling masterpiece is revealed to the world. To navigate this killer's twisted psyche, she must turn to Dr. Renee DeVilliers, a brilliant yet notorious murderer in his own right.

Pictures of Charly Dean are plastered across every newspaper and television screen in the country until a dog walker discovers her body in the woods. A chilling detail at the crime scene leads the local police to believe they have a serial killer on their hands, and he’s just getting started. Months later, with Charly’s murder still unsolved, her parents can hardly look at each other, torn apart by grief, blaming themselves—and each other. Then a second victim is found in the same woods. Charly’s parents will stop at nothing to find justice for both girls.

„Katz- und Maus-Spiel: Das Spiel hat nie geendet“ Ein Jahr nach der dramatischen Jagd auf den berüchtigten Serienmörder Kepler kehrt das Grauen zurück. Jonas Müller und Eva Hartmann, die dachten, den Fall hinter sich gelassen zu haben, werden erneut in einen perfiden Albtraum gezogen. Kepler ist aus der Haft geflohen, und er hinterlässt eine Spur von Rätseln, Botschaften und neuen Opfern. Doch dieses Mal ist alles anders. Kepler ist nicht mehr nur der gejagte Täter – er ist ein Gegner, der ihnen immer wieder einen Schritt voraus ist.

When the remains of a young woman are discovered on the edge of picturesque Saranac Lake, Detective Harlow Durant races to the scene. The victim is identified as 26-year-old Ellie Gordon - a seemingly normal girl, with no known enemies. Then, another body is discovered. The only connection, a man they used to date. With a small community reeling in shock, Harlow knows time is running out to piece together the only lead she has, before another woman loses her life. But soon, she is confronted by a woman who brings her face-to-face with the secret she's spent her life running from.

Du wirst nicht die Letzte sein! Sein Spitzname ist "Domino-Killer", denn er hinterlässt am Tatort stets Hinweise auf das nächste Opfer. Auch der Polizistin Karin Schaeffer hat der brutale Serienmörder das Liebste genommen, ihre Tochter und ihren Mann. Als der Domino-Killer aus dem Gefängnis ausbricht, will er vollenden, was ihm vor einem Jahr nicht gelang: auch Karin zu töten. Doch dann schmiedet er einen noch teuflischeren Plan.

Nirgends wirst du sicher sein! Sie sind Frauen, die mitten im Leben stehen, doch als jemand ihre Vernichtung beschließt, müssen sie untertauchen. Die ersehnte Sicherheit finden sie trotzdem nicht, und am Ende ihres Weges lauert der Tod.