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Author
Series
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bestselling true crime writer and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee turns his attention to a new kind of victim: the wives and partners of serial murderers who remained unaware of exactly who they had fallen for until after their other half's arrest or, in some cases, conviction. Only upon Peter's arrest did Sonia Sutcliffe first discover that her husband was leading a secret existence as the Yorkshire Ripper. The wife of the Hillside Strangler...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Suspicion and paranoia engulf a community while a police detective hunts for a serial killer. One murder can make a town nervous. Two brings fear. Add three, four, or even more, and neighbors will start to turn on one another . . . Victoria Bullrush is a stickler for rules and tries to maintain a faultless investigation. But with each grisly killing, the urgency grows greater, and it soon becomes impossible to ignore the public’s growing anger ....
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
He survived-but can he ever truly escape? A chilling psychological novel about damage, desperation, and a man trapped by childhood trauma.
When Monty was a child, he killed his father. His father had been kidnapping and murdering women for years, and forcing Monty to help. Monty survived-physically. He was adopted by a wonderful, caring family and is now a wealthy and successful man. On the outside.
But now, the last of his adoptive family...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A new thriller by the author of the Lindsey Ryan novels: Would you know a serial killer if you met one? What if she served your coffee every day?
Grace Murphy doesn't seem like the type of woman who'd have a man cable-tied to a chair, slowly dying in her house. She keeps to herself and goes through life relatively unnoticed, working as a barista and caring for her sister, providing her with wholesome meals and a clean home-things they never had...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--
6) My men
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating, off-kilter novel about a female serial killer is an unexpectedly thrilling read.”--Karl Ove Knausgård, author of My Struggle. Based on the true story of Norwegian maid turned Midwestern farmwife Belle Gunness, the first female serial killer in American history. My Men is a fictional account of one broken woman's descent into inescapable madness. Among thousands of other Norwegian immigrants seeking freedom, Brynhild Størset...
7) Blood work
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"'Blood Work' - that's what Terry McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Eight weeks ago he was a dead man, but now someone else's heart is keeping him alive. Then a newspaper report of his brush with death brings him an unwanted visitor. Graciela Rivers reveals to McCaleb that the anonymous donor of his heart was her murdered sister. Knowing that he lives because of a cold blooded killing, McCaleb takes the moribund investigation on. Nothing about...
Author
Series
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For over twenty-five years, leading crime expert Christopher Berry-Dee has gained the trust of some of the most infamous convicted killers, having corresponded with them and even entered their prison lairs to discuss their horrific crimes in detail. In Talking with Serial Killers: Dead Men Talking, he presents six unforgettable prisoners and allows them to tell their stories, providing the details and background of their terrifying cases. Beyond...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A heartbreaking story of female friendship, first love, and betrayal, Rebecca McKanna explodes onto the thriller scene. Absolutely phenomenal!" -Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author
We never remember the dead girls. We never forget the killers.
Twelve years ago, 18-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be executed. Abby's best friends,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee returns with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the evil world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes. In Talking with Psychopaths: Beyond Evil, criminologist Berry-Dee combines sections on killers whom he has known, interviewed, or corresponded with, with studies of psychopathic serial killers from the past, including Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Monster; John Christie, a murderer and necrophile;...
Author
Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A New England community is rocked by a serial killer, a mass shooter, and a sexual predator --all in a single day --in this true crime chronicle. On January 7, 1994, residents of Berkshire Hills woke up to a typical winter day in the majestic woods of Western Massachusetts. But as that fateful day unfolded, three separate crimes --each unsettling in its own way --would converge in this quaint corner of New England. That day, a trial began for college...
12) Laws of wrath
Author
Series
Martyr maker volume 2
Publisher
Lavette Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When the butchered body of a transgender woman is found in a dumpster, it's up to Detective Phee Freeman to solve the crime. But this case is personal. The victim is Freeman's sister. At first, the slaying looks like the random act of a vicious killer, but Freeman, his partner Quincy Cavanaugh, and FBI agent Janet Maclin soon discover this is something much more sinister. Similar ritualistic murders are taking place across the city. They're willing...
Author
Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Classic true crime about one of the most monstrous serial killers in American history from the New York Times --bestselling author--now revised and updated. “Here’s What Happens When You Mess with Me!” --William Neal William Neal, who called himself “Wild Bill Cody,” was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives. Apprehended by police, Neal, who proclaimed himself “better than...
14) The Blackening
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The film centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain't no motherf****** game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, Barbershop), this film skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first?
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Matty Melgren is a convicted serial killer serving life without parole for the murders of several women in London in the 1980s. He has consistently protested his innocence, and the evidence against him was largely circumstantial. At the time of his arrest, Matty's girlfriend was Amelia-Rose, a single mother to 12-year-old Sophie. Sophie adores Matty. He's handsome, funny, respectable-she could never suspect him of the brutal killings in the headlines....
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A deep dive into the lives and crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley--featuring newly released photos from a collection called “The Tartan Album.” In the mid-1960s, the serenity of Saddleworth Moor was forever interrupted, even if people didn’t yet know it, as the area became a grave for the innocent child victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. The couple’s vile torture and killings have shaken up British history ever since, with the couple...
Author
Series
Martyr maker volume 1
Publisher
Ebony Magazine Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"New York City. Fall 2011. A priest is found murdered in the most gruesome of crime scenes. The brutal slaying is the work of 'The Martyr Maker,' a serial killer that for the past 30 years has left behind a legacy of torture and fear around the U.S. Every ten years, he butchers 12 clergymen in twisted scenes reflecting the martyrdom of Jesus and his disciples. NYPD detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman, along with FBI agent Janet Maclin, know...
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 23
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An attention-seeking copycat is recreating murders by a famous killer from the Women's Murder Club's past--with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The amateur DNA sleuth who solved one of the most infamous cold cases in American history--the Golden State Killer crime spree--tells the incredible true story of how she did it, and explains how her methods have forever changed criminal investigations. In the span of just a few years, Barbara Rae-Venter went from researching her family history as a retiree to finding a serial killer who had baffled law enforcement for decades. I Know Who You Are...
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 30
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport," DC Metro Police dispatch says. "A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto." Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail--it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War-era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate...
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