Police Procedural Serial Killers Mystery

In the crippling heat of August in Rome, a flat goes up in flames, the doors sealed from the outside. Five illegal immigrants are trapped and burnt alive—their charred bodies barely distinguishable amidst the debris. When Detective Inspectors Rossi and Carrara begin to investigate, a terror organisation shakes the city to its foundations. Then a priest is found murdered and mutilated post-mortem—his injuries almost satanic in their ferocity.

Eine grausame Mordserie erschüttert den Norden! An einem stürmischen Herbsttag wird im Hafen von Esbjerg die Leiche eines Mannes in einer Lagerhalle gefunden. Wenige Wochen später taucht in einer norddeutschen Kleinstadt eine zweite Leiche auf. Schrecklich entstellt und auf dieselbe Art gefesselt wie der Tote in Esbjerg liegt das Opfer auf dem Förderband einer Papiersortieranlage. Vibeke Boisen von der Flensburger Mordkommission und Rasmus Nyborg von der dänischen Polizei nehmen die Ermittlungen auf.

The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn’t kill. Hoskins cracked the case of one of the most infamous serial killers—and then it cracked him. He’s in cold cases, as is his career. Sammie was the lead reporter who broke the story, but now she’s selling makeup at the mall. She wants back on page 1. Gloria claims she was the unsuspecting wife. She didn’t know a thing. And as new murders shake Denver, this is a final chance to get their lives back.

Years ago there was a silent witness to an act of evil. Now a twisted killer is on the loose, fuelled by revenge. Called to the brutal murder of a priest, it is immediately clear to DCI Claire Winters that the victim's death was prolonged, agonising...and motivated by a lust for revenge. The killer has been clever; there are no clues, no leads. But Claire Winters has never let a killer remain on the streets.

In der Nähe von Athen wird die Leiche eines Hotelbesitzers gefunden. "Das Heer der Nationalen Idioten" bezichtigt den Toten der Heuchelei. Es ist der erste Mord einer rätselhaften Serie, bei der die Anklage immer gleich lautet, die Opfer jedoch grundverschieden sind. Kostas Charitos – seit neuestem stolzer Großvater – ermittelt und versucht, den obskuren Fanatikern auf die Spur zu kommen.

"Du schreist, als ich meine Hand auf deinen Arm lege, versuchst, dich zu wehren, doch schnell verstummst du, als du die kalte Klinge an deinem Hals spürst." Ein psychopathischer Killer vergewaltigt und ermordet junge Frauen in Köln auf brutale Weise. Nach dem Mord stellt er Bilder der toten Frauen in die Facebook-Profile der Toten. Die Kripo Köln um Lasse Brandt ermittelt auf Hochtouren, da der Mörder bereits seine nächste Tat angekündigt hat. Zu allem Überfluss bekommt Brandt einen neuen, unerfahrenen Partner an die Seite gestellt.

Julia Stein acepta el trabajo de asistente que le ofrece el agente Hans Freeman. Su nueva misión es cazar al asesino del hacha, quien ya ha decapitado a tres hombres en el bosque de Green Bank, un pueblo que, además, está justo en el medio de «la zona silenciosa», un lugar en el que los teléfonos móviles son inútiles.

When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city of Denver reels, but no one more than Harry Kugel. After all, he is the PDQ Killer—or was fifteen years ago. And he didn’t do this. Still working to reform his ways, Harry won’t let some amateur murderer ride his twisted coattails and risk drawing the police back his way. To protect his legacy and quiet new life, he’ll have to expose the copycat. Without exposing himself.

Vera Boyett is a master at cracking a case. After tragedy destroyed her career as deputy police chief, she felt lost. Moving back home near her sisters, she put her skills back to use as a crime analyst, and now her star is finally back on the rise. Vera’s work really begins to heat up after the local sheriff, Gray “Bent” Benton, calls to ask her for assistance with a pressing case. Pushing aside their complicated past, Vera agrees to help Bent search for a missing reporter.

Auf diversen Social-Media-Kanälen wird ein Live-Video veröffentlicht, auf dem eine junge Frau gedemütigt, gefoltert und schließlich getötet wird. Nachdem sich die Aufnahmen als echt herausstellen, werden die beiden Ermittler Emma Bajetzky und Alex Kuper auf den Fall angesetzt. Doch sowohl vom Tatort als auch vom Opfer fehlt jede Spur. Als kurze Zeit später ein zweites Video mit einer weiteren Bluttat auftaucht, sind die Ermittler davon überzeugt, dass es sich um einen Serienmörder handelt. Doch welches Motiv steckt hinter den Taten?

Charlie Parker, detective del dipartimento di polizia di New York, era occupato a ubriacarsi mentre uno spietato killer cancellava per sempre le vite della sua giovane moglie e della loro bambina. Torturato dal senso di colpa e consumato dall'alcolismo, quando perde anche il lavoro sfiora l'orlo della follia.

Ein Serienkiller findet seine Opfer über die Dating-App Tinder. Die Osloer Polizei hat keine Spur. Der einzige Spezialist für Serientäter, Harry Hole, unterrichtet jetzt an der Polizeihochschule, um mehr Zeit für seine Frau Rakel und ihren Sohn Oleg zu haben. Doch Holes alter Chef kennt Olegs Vergangenheit und setzt ihn so unter Druck. Der Kommissar gibt schließlich nach und übernimmt den Fall. Als eine weitere junge Frau verschwindet - ausgerechnet eine Kellnerin aus Holes Stammlokal - , muss der Ermittler befürchten, dass der Mörder für ihn kein Unbekannter ist.

Kraken is enjoying life as a family man, content to spend his days with Alba and their young daughter, Deba. But there's no rest for the weary, especially when you're the most famous investigator in Vitoria. Kraken and Esti are charged with investigating the mysterious disappearance of two sisters and finding it hard to make any headway when a wealthy businessman's murder appears to shine a light on the case. The man was poisoned with a medieval aphrodisiac - a crime that has eerie similarities to one detailed in the novel everyone in Vitoria is buzzing about.

When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no one-off. As bodies start to pile up, she is faced with what might be an impossible task - to hunt down a ruthless killer on a seemingly random rampage.

Washington, D.C. non è mai stata più pericolosa. Il rumore degli spari infrange la quiete notturna di un tranquillo quartiere residenziale della città. Quando torna il silenzio un uomo giace a terra, morto. Ma quello che inizialmente sembra essere un regolamento di conti fra criminali di strada potrebbe nascondere qualcosa di molto, molto più sinistro.

When four unconnected serial killers simultaneously commit identical murders across four different US cities, FBI Special Agent Shannon Wallace faces an unprecedented threat—a cooperative of killers working in unison. Each homicide is witnessed by a survivor, and now these lucky ones need to decide how to tell their stories to the world. Their posts about the horrific murders create a media storm and a new term is soon coined for the killers: The Alliance.

On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, who’s back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin. The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a legendary flesh-eating monster.

A man has been mutilated and left to drown on the incoming tide, handcuffed in his van. With the murder bearing a striking resemblance to a string of sadistic killings carried out with surgical precision in 1990s gangland Manchester, it can mean only one thing: the killer is back. Transferred to the Major Investigation Team, DI Nick Dixon is assigned a new partner and sent to Manchester. Meanwhile, the gruesome murders in Somerset continue.

Helen Lipscomb seemingly has nowhere to go but down. Cashiered from the force, ostracized by most of her former acquaintances, and with no real connections left to the community, she's been getting by as a sort of unofficial investigator, doing piecework for various lawyers and bail bondsmen. Her former life as a homicide detective seems far behind her until a notorious serial killer, locked away and facing the death penalty, offers her the challenge of a lifetime.

When Aria, a young girl with autism, goes missing, search and rescue expert Beckett Stolle ventures into the swamplands of Texas to track her down. When he finds the girl, she is alive, sitting next to a corpse painted in blood. Accusations fly, including suspicion that Aria was involved in the macabre murder. Beckett, however, fears this is the work of a notorious serial killer, turning his rescue mission into a hunt for a murderer.