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  • An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    25 ratings
    A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery - a serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years...
  • One by One by Chris Carter

    One by One by Chris Carter

    25 ratings
    'I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?' Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins. But the caller doesn't want Detective Hunter to just watch, he wants him to participate, and refusal is simply not an option...
  • The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    24 ratings
    In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Hear No Evil For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades...
  • Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    20 ratings
    'Every story one day comes to an end.' As roommates, they met for the first time in college. Two of the brightest minds ever to graduate from Stamford Psychology University. As adversaries, they met again in Quantico, Virginia. Robert Hunter had become the head of the LAPD’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit...
  • Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    18 ratings
    Fire crawls up the sides of the church. The orange glow thrashes. Blackens the siding. Climbs up onto the steeple. The flames close in on the wedding party trapped inside. When a serial arsonist terrorizes Los Angeles County, FBI profiler Violet Darger heads to California to investigate. The fires keep coming faster. The body count rises, and the threat hangs over the city as thick as the smog...
  • The Executioner by Chris Carter

    The Executioner by Chris Carter

    25 ratings
    FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER. Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked body of a priest. Later, the forensic team discover that, on the victim's chest, the figure 3 has been scrawled in blood. At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is forced to reassess...
  • The Caller by Chris Carter

    The Caller by Chris Carter

    25 ratings
    Don't miss GENESIS, the latest must-read serial killer thriller from master of the genre, Chris Carter. Available to order now.THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERBe careful before answering your next call. It could be the beginning of your worst nightmare.After a tough week, Tanya Kaitlin is looking forward to a relaxing night in, but as she steps out of her shower, she hears her phone ring...
  • St. Benet's by David Blake

    St. Benet's by David Blake

    18 ratings
    A girl thrown from a church tower, a man sacrificed to Satan, and a priest murdered at the hands of the Devil. When the body of an old man is found lying in the ruins of St Benet’s Abbey, his throat cut, a knife resting in his open hand, DI John Tanner and DC Jenny Evans are given no choice but to accept a ruling of death by misadventure...
  • Written in Blood by Chris Carter

    Written in Blood by Chris Carter

    20 ratings
    Don't miss GENESIS, the latest must-read serial killer thriller from master of the genre, Chris Carter. Available to order now. ‘Wonderful storytelling, with a superbly drawn killer, it underlines exactly how good Carter has become’ Daily MailTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER    A serial killer who will stop at nothing…  The Killer His most valuable possession has been stolen...
  • The King by Steven James

    The King by Steven James

    14 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has matched wits with some of the most violent serial killers in history—and one of them has never forgiven him.... Patrick Bowers has pursued the nation’s fiercest serial killers—and now one elusive foe is back for revenge...
  • Aberration by Lisa Regan

    Aberration by Lisa Regan

    16 ratings
    FBI analyst Kassidy Bishop is assigned to the “For You” killer’s task force after a series of sadistic murders bearing the same signature arise in different parts of the country.The homicides are both calculated and savage, occurring in different states, but bearing the same signature: the words “for you” scribbled at each crime scene...
  • Cold Lake by Jeff Carson

    Cold Lake by Jeff Carson

    18 ratings
    The truth emerges one piece at a time. When a fisherman reels in a plastic bag containing a severed human head from the depths of Cold Lake, Colorado, Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies scramble to the scene, and quickly realize there are more surprises to be found below...
  • Runaway by Martina Cole

    Runaway by Martina Cole

    18 ratings
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  • The Cutting Place by Jane Casey

    The Cutting Place by Jane Casey

    18 ratings
    Rumours…Everyone’s heard the rumours about elite gentlemen’s clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are outrageous…and what goes on behind closed doors is darker than you could possibly imagine.Scandals…Paige Hargreaves was a young journalist working on a story about a club for the most privileged men in London. She was on the brink of exposing a shocking scandal...
  • Vražedná lhůta by Andreas Gruber

    Vražedná lhůta by Andreas Gruber

    18 ratings
    Když do 48 hodin zjistíte, proč jsem tu ženu unesl, zůstane naživu. Pokud ne, zemře.Tímto poselstvím začíná perverzní hra sériového vraha. Nechává své oběti vyhladovět, utopit v inkoustu nebo je zaživa zalije do betonu. Mnichovská komisařka Sabine Nemezová zoufale hledá nějaké vysvětlení, motiv...
  • Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Arsonist by Victor Methos

    16 ratings
    Evil is Released Onto the Streets of San Diego...A series of deadly fires rages across the cityscape, claiming the lives of entire families. Helpless to stop the fires, the SDPD assigns their most famous detective, Jon Stanton, to the case. The evidence points him to a single arsonist committing the horrendous acts...
  • The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina

    The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina

    16 ratings
    In Book 1, The Dying Hour introduces Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter with The Seattle Mirror, a loner who grew up in the shadow of a brewery in one of the city's blue-collar neighborhoods. At The Seattle Mirror, he is competing for the single full-time job being offered through the paper's intense intern program...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    16 ratings
    He slips through the unlocked window. Creeps down the hall. A shadow standing in the bedroom doorway. Will you wake when death comes ripping? A string of brutal home invasion murders terrifies Dade County Florida. The killer strikes in the dead of the night, savages innocent people in their beds, wipes out entire families. Skewering them with his blade. Butchering them beyond recognition. Raw...
  • Last Breath by Mary Stone

    Last Breath by Mary Stone

    16 ratings
    Welcome to the deadliest show on Earth...When the Ruby Red Spectacle Circus rolls into town, chaos and death follow in its wake. At first, the accidents seem coincidental, but as the body count rises, it becomes clear that a killer is lurking within the big top’s shadows.Smoke and mirrors concealing love and hate...
  • The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter

    The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter

    29 ratings
    *Don't miss GENESIS, the next instalment in the compulsive Robert Hunter series from Sunday Times number one bestselling author of WRITTEN IN BLOOD - available to pre-order now!*When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in Los Angeles, Robert Hunter is thrown into a nightmare case...
  • Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    8 ratings
    The final game is here… A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving. Amy Lambert is a successful entrepreneur and in a promising relationship with Allan Brown. Caleb Lambert is a respected member of the United States Marine Corps. Carrie Lambert is a flourishing college student. Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • 十三級階梯 by Kazuaki Takano, 高野和明

    十三級階梯 by Kazuaki Takano, 高野和明

    11 ratings
    死神在上午九點來臨。樹原亮只聽過一次死神的腳步聲。最先傳進耳裡的,是推開鐵門的重低音。當那來自地底般的空氣震動停止後,牢房的氣氛為之一變。通往地獄的門打開了,致使身體不敢稍有動彈的真正恐怖流竄而至。 山中偏僻的一戶平房裡,一對老夫婦慘遭殺害,一切證據都指向樹原亮,但他卻因車禍喪失了行凶時刻前後數小時的記憶。刑務官南鄉和剛假釋出獄的三上,為了替樹原亮洗清冤罪而展開調查,但他們唯一的線索,是他記得自己在「爬樓梯」!距離執行死刑的時間已所剩無幾,樹原亮隨時會被處死,但案件疑雲重重,不僅完全沒有其他人證、物證,連關鍵「樓梯」的線索都找不到,儘管如此他們仍相信樹原亮是被冤枉的,誓言要把他從十三級階梯的死刑台上救下來。該爬上十三級階梯的,究竟會是誰……?...
  • Il était deux fois by Franck Thilliez

    Il était deux fois by Franck Thilliez

    14 ratings
    En 2008, Julie, dix-sept ans, disparaît en ne laissant comme trace que son vélo posé contre un arbre. Le drame agite Sagas, petite ville au cœur des montagnes, et percute de plein fouet le père de la jeune fille, le lieutenant de gendarmerie Gabriel Moscato. Ce dernier se lance alors dans une enquête aussi désespérée qu'effrénée.Jusqu'à ce jour où ses pas le mènent à l'hôtel de la Falaise..
  • Seven by Anthony Bruno

    Seven by Anthony Bruno

    16 ratings
    Mismatched partner cops Somerset and Mills are on the trail of a psychotic murderer who intends to avenge the seven deadly sins, starting with gluttony...
  • From the Cradle by Louise Voss, Mark Edwards

    From the Cradle by Louise Voss, Mark Edwards

    18 ratings
    The first child was taken from her house.The second from his mother's car. The third from her own bedroom...When Helen and Sean Philips go out for the evening, leaving their teenage daughter babysitting little Frankie, they have no idea that they are about to face every parent's greatest fear...
  • La fiancée gitane by Carmen Mola

    La fiancée gitane by Carmen Mola

    26 ratings
    Quand elle rentre à l'aube, éméchée et dévastée par la tristesse de la chair assouvie furtivement, l'enquêtrice Elena Blanco a un rituel : examiner pendant des heures les images d'une caméra de surveillance placée devant son immeuble...
  • The Dark Web Murders by Brian O'Hare

    The Dark Web Murders by Brian O'Hare

    6 ratings
    I am Nemein. I am emotionally detached from my killings. I am not, therefore, a murderer. I am an instrument of Nemesis, a punisher. This is a theme running through a number of blogs on the Dark Web, written by a serial killer. He is highly intelligent and employs philosophical argument to justify a series of gruesome murders...
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    crime  law-enforcement  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • I Am Sal by Abraham Falls

    I Am Sal by Abraham Falls

    8 ratings
    What if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity...
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    crime  law-enforcement  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon

    Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon

    10 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Robert McCammon continues his triumphant return with the conclusion of an epic tale of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time....The Carolinas, 1699: After hearing damning testimony from the townspeople of Fount Royal, magistrate Isaac Woodward sentences the accused witch, Rachel Howarth, to death by burning...
  • Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

    Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

    12 ratings
    Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers―a stranger who now lives in her apartment and forces her out in the cold. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it’s missing, and in its place is a bloodstained knife...
  • Last Call by J.A. Konrath

    Last Call by J.A. Konrath

    12 ratings
    A retired cop past her prime...A kidnapped bank robber fighting for his life...A former mob enforcer with a blood debt...A government assassin on the run...A wisecracking private eye with only one hand...A homicide sergeant with one week left on the job...And three of the worst serial killers, ever.This is where it all ends...
  • Bred to Kill by Franck Thilliez

    Bred to Kill by Franck Thilliez

    14 ratings
    The shocking sequel to the runaway international bestseller Syndrome ESyndrome E’s Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research center outside of Paris. But what first appears to be a vicious animal attack soon proves to be something more sinister...
  • Vengeful Games by Jeff Menapace

    Vengeful Games by Jeff Menapace

    14 ratings
    PLAYTIME IS NOT OVER...In Autumn of 2008, the Lambert family headed to western Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway to the family cabin.They visited hell instead...The Fannelli brothers. Two psychopaths who believed themselves exceptional, put on this Earth for the soul purpose of tormenting others for their own amusement. To make people play their twisted games...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot

    Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot

    16 ratings
    Aux alentours de Grenoble, un jeune a fini sa trajectoire dans un ravin après une course-poursuite avec la douane. Dans son coffre, le corps d’une femme, les orbites vides, les mains coupées et rassemblées dans un sac...
  • Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier

    Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier

    18 ratings
    WAKE UP, LITTLE DARLING. DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?He's looking for the perfect woman. Someone who won't disappoint him, like so many have before. Someone who'll love him ... someone who won't have to die for her mistakes.GIVE UP, LITTLE DARLING....FBI agent Mary Cantrell has been called to Minneapolis to hunt down a killer...
  • The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante

    The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante

    18 ratings
    Detective Anna Travis is working on a murder case that has created a media frenzy. The victim, Louise Pennel, a 24-year-old girl, was last seen in a London night club. Her body was found dumped by the River Thames. Anna must summon all her strength and guile to hunt down this sadistic killer...
  • Cast Iron by Peter May

    Cast Iron by Peter May

    18 ratings
    Unabridged AudiobookNarrated by Peter ForbesWest of France, 1989.A weeping killer deposits the unconscious body of nineteen year old Lucie Martin, her head wrapped in a blue plastic bag, into the water of a picturesque lake.Lot-et-Garonne, 2003.Fourteen years later a summer heatwave parches the earth, killing trees and bushes and drying out streams...
  • The Ridealong: A Suspense Thriller by Michaelbrent Collings

    The Ridealong: A Suspense Thriller by Michaelbrent Collings

    6 ratings
    "I've left clues for you, and clues for the police. They'll be searching for you. The evidence at the scene of Officer Knight's death is enough to send you both to jail." "Who am I searching for?" The Voice laughs. That strange, dangerous laugh. "Me, of course." *** It was supposed to be just one more ridealong, a night when high schooler Melissa Latham accompanies her father on his patrol...
  • Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie

    Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie

    8 ratings
    When Sally Blue was six years old, sleeping peacefully in her bed, a gunshot woke her up and subsequently ripped her world apart.Jolted awake by the scary noise, Sally ran to her parent's bedroom for comfort. Instead, she found her mother slumped against the headboard, her ravaged nightdress drenched from a double-barreled wound...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • The Cove by Malcolm Richards

    The Cove by Malcolm Richards

    10 ratings
    Carrie thought her son was dead. She was wrong. She’d only taken her eyes off him for a second. But that was all it took for a perfect day at the beach to turn to horror. Cal disappeared beneath the waves. His body was never found. Seven years later, Carrie has a new family. But her life in the sleepy Cornish town of Devil's Cove is about to be torn apart again. A boy washes up on the shore...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  evil-places  fiction  horror
  • Last Call by Sean Costello

    Last Call by Sean Costello

    10 ratings
    THIS BOOK is RATED-R FOR LANGUAGE by the publisher.In the space of a single day, twenty-year-old Trish West purchases her first car, gets accepted into veterinary college, and finds her rockstar father, Jim Gamble, a man who vanished into the streets before she was born and now clings to life in a Toronto intensive care unit.Eager to establish a relationship with Mr...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  domestic-drama  fiction  horror
  • The Harbinger Collection: Hard-Boiled Mysteries Not for the Faint of Heart by Carolyn McCray

    The Harbinger Collection: Hard-Boiled Mysteries Not for the Faint of Heart by Carolyn McCray

    10 ratings
    The Harbinger CollectionA Patterson-style set of thrillers with a dash of Hannibal..
  • Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man by Ed McBain

    Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man by Ed McBain

    12 ratings
    The criminals who invade the 87th Precinct aren't particularly known for their intelligence. Their crimes are usually brutal, stupid, and rash. But every once in a while, the 87th gets a good bad guy to hunt down."WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE, I'M GOING TO STEAL $500,000 ON THE LAST DAY OF APRIL." So wrote the Deaf Man, the 87th Precinct's own private nemesis...
  • Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson

    Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson

    12 ratings
    Caroline Webb knows what it means to lose the person you love most. Twenty years ago, her five-year-old daughter, Hayley, was the light of her life, her treasure, her angle. Then came the terrible day when Hayley was kidnapped from her favorite swing. More than a month passed before her burned, lifeless body was found. All that remained was the silence of Caroline's heartache--and her guilt..
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • The List by Kiersten Modglin

    The List by Kiersten Modglin

    14 ratings
    Ten years ago, the small town of Bates, South Carolina was changed forever with the appearance of a slip of paper.Six names.Six people set to die.Six months later, they were gone. But the list maker was far from done with their town.Like clockwork, new lists come out every six months. To keep their names off of them, the citizens go to extraordinary lengths and keep terrifying secrets...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • বৃহন্নলা by Humayun Ahmed

    বৃহন্নলা by Humayun Ahmed

    14 ratings
    মিসির আলীর আরেকটি উপাখ্যানমিসির আলি এমনই এক চরিত্র,যার তুলনা সে নিজেই। আমাদের চারপাশের অমীমাংসিত কুহেলিকাময় কিংবা রহস্যের মোড়কে আবৃত অনেক ঘটনায় আমরা যখন বিমূঢ়, নির্বাক কিংবা বিশ্বাস করতে থাকি অসত্যকে, তখনই মিসির আলি খুলতে থাকে অমোঘ নিয়তির একেকটি পর্দা।আমাদের আটপৌরে জীবনে মিশে থাকার পরও মিসির আলি এমন এক ক্ষ্যাপা,যে পরশপাথর খোঁজে এবং...
  • A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre

    A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre

    14 ratings
    Each society gets the serial killers it deserves...How sick are you of our vapid celebrity culture, reality TV shows and tawdry talent contests? Not as sick as Simon Darcourt—but let’s face it, nobody is as sick as Simon Darcourt...
  • Flight of the Storks by Jean-Christophe Grangé

    Flight of the Storks by Jean-Christophe Grangé

    18 ratings
    Every year the storks set off on their miraculous 12,000-mile migration from Northern Europe to Central Africa. Then one year, inexplicably, they do not return. At the invitation of the wealthy Swiss ornithologist Max Boehm, a young French academic, Louis Antioch, agrees to undertake a journey tracing the flight of the storks in an attempt to solve the mystery of the birds' disappearance...
  • Passenger 23 by Sebastian Fitzek

    Passenger 23 by Sebastian Fitzek

    24 ratings
    Five years ago Martin Schwarz, a police psychologist, lost his wife and son. They were holidaying on a cruise ship when they simply vanished. A lackluster investigation was unable to shed any light on what happened—murder-suicide being the coroner's verdict. It is a verdict that has haunted Martin ever since, blighting his life...
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