Police Procedural Serial Killers Mystery

When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A single character carved into a nearby tree.

The youth theatre cast are in their places but Gus Lynch’s female lead is missing, that is, until she’s found in the boot of his car. Detective Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry, meanwhile violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Is the death of Gabriella connected to the events at Starling Farm? When another death occurs, investigations suggest a possible link, and Ramsay realizes what could have provoked someone to kill...and kill again.

When a high-society call girl is murdered in her Georgetown home, investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom. One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection...and no one knows who's on the other end. Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by beleaguered FBI Director Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder because of the murder's similarity to a case she worked a year earlier.

Drei Morde in vier Tagen - Fall 1 für Kommissar Severin Boesherz! "Bis in den Tod hinein" ist der erste harte Thriller mit dem genialen Kommissar Boesherz von Bestseller-Autor Vincent Kliesch. Berlin wird von einem selbsternannten Racheengel terrorisiert: Ein polizeibekannter Brandstifter, der bei lebendigem Leib in einem Auto verbrennt, ist bereits das dritte Opfer innerhalb von nur vier Tagen.

"The Fruit of Vengeance" follows Detective Maribel, a dedicated and resilient law enforcement officer, as she navigates a harrowing journey to bring a sadistic serial killer to justice. Lucas, the ruthless murderer, was once a vulnerable and troubled child. His dark past is marked by relentless bullying and traumatic experiences that twisted him into the monster he has become. As a young boy, Lucas was tormented by his peers, enduring physical and emotional abuse that left deep scars on his psyche.

A serial killer is on the loose in New York City. This wasn’t the kind of day Griffin Knight looked forward to when he woke up this morning. Sure, being a homicide detective is never unicorns and rainbows, yet knowing the victim of a murder scene is up there with some of the really bad days. There’s an avenger on the loose in New York with all the hallmarks of a long-silent serial killer. But how does this serial killer choose the victims? Do the victims share something in common? How many more names are on his list? Can Griffin Knight cut through the questions this guy is throwing his ...

A killer who stages his victims like art. A message hidden in a dead man’s throat. And a detective on the edge of breaking. The footsteps stopped on the stone floor. Then came a low, scornful laugh. A blade traced her calf. “Mariella, my beautiful one... It’s time.” In the sun-drenched vineyards near Stuttgart, Germany, a brutally mutilated corpse is found—slashed, disemboweled, and theatrically posed. Chief Inspector Lola Lindberg and her team are stunned. But the horror doesn’t end there. Inside the victim’s throat, forensic pathologist Hettkamp discovers a chilling message ...

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.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Detective Sergeant Tomek Bowen — driven, dogged, and haunted by the death of his brother — is called to one of the most shocking crime scenes he has ever seen. A man has been ritualistically murdered and dumped in an allotment near the local airport. Early investigations indicate this was a man with a past. A past that earned him many enemies. But when another victim is found murdered under similar circumstances, it becomes clear that Bowen is on the trail of a serial offender.

DI Tudor Manx was hoping for a quiet life. But his hopes are dashed when there's a gruesome find - a mutilated body, crucified to the bow of a fishing boat. Is this a message or a macabre premonition? Manx's past still haunts him - the disappearance of his younger sister, Miriam: a cold case that remains unsolved. Can he work it all out before the body count rises?

What would you be willing to do to become famous? Cold Case Detective Harriet “Harri” Harper has done what she swore to do almost twenty-years ago: find her sister and bring her home. But, she hasn’t brought her sister’s killer to justice and that keeps her up at night. Now back at work at the Los Angeles Police Department, she works her caseload while hunting her sister’s killers at night with the help of Jake Tepesky, a former FBI profiler. When a grieving father brings the case of his missing daughter to the Cold Case Unit and her missing friend is found in a wall in a ...

A popular beach town was torn apart when a teenage girl went missing. Now, one year later, after a storm rips through the area, her body is found - strangled and buried deep under the brush of a local beach. But, as the cops uncover her body, another is found - a more recent victim - and they quickly realize it’s the work of a serial killer.

When the body of single mother Melissa Rollins is found, trapped inside a bedroom closet in her immaculate suburban home, Detective Jo Fournier races to the scene. The small town of Greenfern is sweltering in a heat wave, and Jo is horrified to find that Melissa’s heating was turned up to the max while she died of thirst. Who would kill a devoted mother in such a cruel way? Searching the house for clues, Jo’s team discovers that the front door was locked from the inside. And with no sign of a break-in, they realize the killer must have been someone Melissa knew.

A brilliant detective faces off against an intelligent killer. This killer murders his victims on certain days and dates of the year. Detective Ryker Bartley, with his newly acquired smarts, spots the pattern. Then the chase across Texas begins. Murders continue as Ryker and his team follow leads, trying to beat the killer at his own game. When the police get close, the killer goes after those who are on his trail. Ryker suffered one death during the investigation. Can he survive losing another?

Digger drives by the car accident scene of a friend. He knows in his heart that this was no accident. So, when he couldn’t let the scene go, he asked FBI Agent Watson for help. Once they joined forces, Watson found a series of murdered scientists who died in a similar manner to Digger’s friend. This spurred Digger to find the truth. While searching for the reason for the killings, Digger finds a file, and everything makes sense until a photo falls free. Who is the girl in the photo? The deeper they dig into the deaths, the more they become a target. With Watson lying close to death in a...

St Andrews, Scotland. When an elderly woman's naked body is found in her home, crucified to the floor, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate, DS Jessie Janes, find themselves in a hunt for a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion falls on Tap 'Dancer' McCrear, a career criminal recently released from prison after serving 15 years for a murder he swore he never committed. As Gilchrist begins to uncover the terrifying truth behind each of the killings, his worst fears are realised when he learns that McCrear is killing everyone involved in his murder trial....

Montreal, 1970. The "Vampire Killer" has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. Bombs explode in the stock exchange, McGill University, and houses in Westmount. Riots break out at the St. Jean Baptiste parade and at Sir George Williams University. James Cross and Pierre Laporte are kidnapped and the Canadian army moves onto the streets of Montreal. A young beat cop working out of Station 10 finds himself almost alone hunting the serial killer, as the rest of the force focuses on the FLQ crisis.

The beads of saltwater caught on her cracked lips glitter in the moonlight, her long brown hair floating in the tide. But this beautiful girl is lost forever. And Casey’s biggest fears are realised. Someone is copying the worst of her previous cases: following her like a shadow. And they’ll stop at nothing to make sure she pays for her own mistakes…

DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-painted daubs reveal a horrific truth: the killer is counting down. When Dr Romilly Cole learns of the murders, they trigger memories of a traumatic past she has tried hard to forget. But getting involved with the case is a bad idea. She and Bishop have history – and working together could never end well. Adam and Romilly soon realise the truth lies in a decades-old case, and only Romilly holds the key.

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.