Police Procedural Serial Killers Mystery

Trzymająca w napięciu powieść autora "Dziedzictwa Stonehenge", przetłumaczonego na 35 języków, pełna niespodziewanych zwrotów akcji, intrygujących tajemnic i szokujących odkryć. Na plaży w Los Angeles fale wyrzucają zwłoki zamordowanej w bestialski sposób kobiety. Prowadzący tę sprawę policjanci, porucznik Mitzi Fallon i detektyw Nick Karakandez z wydziału zabójstw, odkrywają, że była to znana hollywoodzka scenarzystka Tamara Jacobs pracująca ostatnio nad filmem fabularnym o Całunie Turyńskim.

Media nadały mu przydomek Nocny Upiór. Przez 23 miesiące terroryzował Londyn, torturując i okrutnie mordując pięć młodych kobiet. Komisarz Tina Boyd jest przekonana, że sadystycznym zabójcą jest aresztowany przez nią Andrew Kent. Obciążają go niezbite dowody odnalezione w jego własnym mieszkaniu: narzędzie zbrodni z krwią ostatniej ofiary oraz zapisane na laptopie filmy ukazujące sceny zabójstw. Jest tylko jedno małe "ale" - Kent upiera się, że dowody jego winy zostały sfabrykowane. Sean Egan od prawie dziesięciu lat pracuje w CO10, elitarnej jednostce tajnych agentów Scotland Yardu.

A young couple in their prime is found dead in the marital bed. As they lie naked, staring at each other with eyes wide open - filled with fear, his colleagues assume a double suicide, but Detective Andrew Deans senses that darker forces are at work. Deans is facing an awakening - a spiritual birth, but he is stuck in a living nightmare. Those around him are watching...judging...expecting him to break.

When the body of a barista is found in the once-pristine Alaskan snow, Anchorage homicide detective DeHavilland Beans is gutted to recognize the young woman, Jolene. He’d bought coffee from her every morning and knew her as a bright college student working her way through school. Devastated by the murder and by the life cut short, Beans vows to find the killer. Since scavengers damaged the body, obtaining any usable evidence is impossible, even with the assistance of wildlife expert Raisa Ingalls, Beans’s ex. When the body of another woman is found, a serial killer is suspected.

K9 specialist JW North is an expert at sniffing out criminals. Now, as a U.S. Marshall and member of the Serial Criminal Task Force, he’s about to face his most dangerous and disturbing case yet. Together with his “big dog” Ares and his new partner Ben Kellum, North is on the trail of the Truck Stop Killer, a vicious serial killer who has left a swath of murdered prostitutes across the United States.

Du kannst frei wie ein Nachtfalter sein. Kommissar Jo Hagelkorn und sein Kollege Leif Svensson jagen ein Phantom, das von der Presse als ›Nachtfalterkiller‹ bezeichnet wird. Der Gesuchte hinterlässt keine Spuren und alles, was die beiden Polizisten haben, sind tote Frauen und ein Hinweis, den sie nicht zu deuten wissen. Der Serienmörder legt seinen Opfern einen Nachtfalter in den Mund und wartet darauf, dass sie daran ersticken.

Fifteen years ago, Charleston, South Carolina was home to one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. The Carolina Reaper took out 12 people, and he just so happened to be Andy Winslow's identical twin brother.

Houston Homicide Detective Jack West is back at work. A fresh case he's working might be connected to a murder case fellow detectives Chang and Severson are working. The medical examiner's report shows some similarities to each murder, but the victims are strangers with nothing in common. A third murder victim found under a bridge on the Buffalo Bayou confirms Houston has a serial killer on the loose. Three very diverse people are dead—are these hate crimes, and if so, how many more will die? The clock is ticking; Jack and his team need to catch this killer before another body shows up.

Detective Chief Inspector Allison and Sergeant Mark Stringer have the chilling task of tracking down a serial killer who is terrifying a city with his bizarre and cold-blooded murders of innocent women. They are ordinary men with human frailties and too much to do. The psychological profile of the killer is meticulously pieced together to reveal a suave, sophisticated seducer of women. He uses his deadly charm and good looks to lure his victims to horrifying deaths.

Former homicide detective Gabe Quinn has quit the LAPD and is chasing his demons pro bono - determined to catch or kill the two serial killers responsible for ruining his life. But when a mutilated body is washed up on a picturesque Florida beach, it marks the beginning of the end for Gabe and his sanity. Nothing is quite what it seems and never will be again. What follows is an explosive race to save a woman's life from the hands of a madman. But this is no ordinary kidnapper.

Imprisoned for the attempted murder of a federal agent, Gabe Quinn is keen to make amends for his mistakes - so when a gruesome murder forces his freedom, he is determined to do everything in his power to bring the killer to justice and prove himself to the FBI. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the killer has something else in mind for Gabe Quinn, something that will raze everything he loves to the ground.

Ein brutaler Serienmörder und ein Wettrennen gegen die Zeit... Thaler und Kralik ermitteln im packenden Kriminalthriller! Eigentlich wollten die beiden Kriminalhauptkommissare Christian Thaler und Stephan Kralik sich bei ihren Ermittlungen nicht in die Quere kommen – zu gegensätzlich sind sie. Doch als Frauenleichen im Wochentakt gefunden werden, wissen beide, dass sie es mit einem grausamen Serienmörder zu tun haben und sie diesen nur gemeinsam stellen können.

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.

A long, hot summer in Salisbury is broken by a sudden downpour. Flash floods and burst riverbanks bring something sinister to the surface - a partial human skeleton. When forensic testing matches the bones to a man named Lee Hall, reported missing some fifteen years earlier, the case is passed to DI Matt Lockyer. Hall was a known criminal and drug user. It looks like a simple case of accidental overdose, but Lockyer isn't so sure.

On a crisp winter evening, Detective Nikki Gill is taking a peaceful stroll through New College Oxford grounds before starting her new job at Kidlington Criminal Investigations unit the following day. But when she hears a blood-curdling scream coming from one of the buildings, she discovers the lifeless body of Professor Brian Allerton in his office and his wife kneeling by his side. With her first case already underway before she's officially begun her new role, Nikki is feeling the pressure.

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.

The Chicago PD is on high alert when two city aldermen are found dead: one by apparent suicide, one brutally stabbed in his office, and both with thirty dimes left on their bodies—a betrayer’s payment. With no other clues, the question is, Who else has a debt to pay? Detective Harriet Foster is on the case before the killer can strike again. But even with the help of her partner, Detective Vera Li, and the rest of their team, Harriet has little to go on and a lot at risk. There’s no telling who the killer’s next target is or how many will come next.

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.

Detectives Harry Lennox and Jess Wilde have never seen anything like it. The dead woman is dressed up like a Victorian doll. She’s wearing a long white dress, a bloodstained blonde wig and a mask with red cupid-bow lips. Beneath the mask, her face is beaten so badly, it’s unrecognisable. DNA identifies the victim as Lori Lansing, who was kidnapped three weeks ago. Her wealthy husband paid half a million pounds to secure her release – but he never saw his wife again. Then another young woman is reported missing.

Strax före midsommar försvinner en medelålders man från sitt fritidshus i Härjedalen. Trots omfattande sökinsatser förblir han försvunnen men spår leder till ett samarbete med kriminalpolisen i Göteborg där Victor Carras tar sig an fallet som förundersökningsledare. Ett drygt halvår senare får polisen nytt huvudbry när två av nyckelvittnena omkommer i - vad det verkar - rena olyckshändelser. Carras och hans team har inget annat val än att börja om från början.