Serial Killer Psychological Thrillers

Silver Falchion Award Nominee! His daughter is the only witness to a deadly crime. Now she's in the killer's crosshairs. Brutal violence has arrived in Creeley County, Colorado. Here to defend himself for his father’s dark crimes, Emerson Crandall just wants to get through the trial and leave this miserable place. But a string of grisly murders terrorizes the town, and the police have marked Emerson as the prime suspect. Now he must fight for his freedom as an insatiable killer leaves a trail of blood. He doesn't know that his daughter is the sole witness to an abhorrent crime. She’s a ...

Jesse was living a nightmare Jesse never imagined the screams haunting his house came from a tortured woman in the basement—courtesy of his own brother Jeremy and roommate Chris. He's been oblivious to their grisly secrets until he discovers their latest victim. Forced to dispose of the mutilated body in a sickening way, Jesse realizes with horror that Jeremy and Chris have been responsible for the string of disappearances plaguing the area for over a year. Now an unwilling accomplice, Jesie faces constant threats from the depraved pair if he goes to the police. But when he finally risks ...

When a copy-cat killer arrives in the small New England town of Edgeport, criminal psychologist Audrey Harte must use all her skill to solve the case. Audrey has been hired by the prosecution to help prepare for the trial of 19-year-old serial killer Ian "Boy Scout" Monroe. His one surviving victim, Tori Scott, is the star witness, but when someone begins killing with Monroe's MO, the authorities - and Audrey - begin to wonder if Monroe had a partner. Keeping Tori safe is the main concern, but Audrey has also attracted the copy-cat's attention.

Life was already complicated enough for Apple Rose. After all, bubbly cheerleader by day and ruthless serial killer by night isn’t an easy feat to pull off. Even if her victims might deserve their twisted fate. But when her best friend, Cindy Nix, learns the truth, things becomes about as thorny as can be. In some ways, Apple has always wanted to be seen and to have someone know the truest nature of her heart. But even this turn catches her by surprise. Will her bond with Cindy shatter now that the ugly truth is known, or will Apple be surprised again?

The most irresistible yet deadly creature in New York risks everything when love he cannot have becomes his obsession. Book I of the Yulen trilogy offers a psychological suspense mystery with paranormal elements that delves into its anti-hero’s emotional turmoil and physical uniqueness. Owen Odem is the most gorgeous creature in New York City, and the most cursed. By day, the supreme salesman mints commissions using an exceptional gift. By night in his one room ghetto tenement, chilling memories besiege his happiness. After an assaulted politically connected city visitor mysteriously ...

Online charm. Lethal harm. In the chilling undercurrent of an ice-cold case, Detective Chief Inspector Silas Nash is hitting brick walls. Each lead drags him down a burrow of frustration. Around the murkier corners of the internet, a sly conman weaves his web on a dating site, ensnaring unsuspecting women with practised ease. He's a shark in a digital ocean, preying on the vulnerable. Clara Watts, devastated and embittered, plays a dangerous game when he slithers back into her life eight years later. But he's no ordinary villain. His charm is lethal. Is her death on his hands? Meanwhile, ...

Phobia. Due to a sibling practical joke gone bad caused by his older brother, Matt Brewer grew up with intense phobias that have haunted him for the better part of his adulthood and was tired of living in fear. His lifelong dreams were starting to come true in every possible aspect and his relationship was starting to flourish, but without help he had the potential to lead his life to ruins and self-destruction. Simple day-to-day activities caused him to become overwhelmed with extreme panic attacks without any warning. After contemplating the benefits for hours on end and gathering the ...

“In the fourth book of the Cleary Case Files series, Clark (Third Breath, 2014, etc.) brings back FBI Special Agent Shawn Cleary in a gripping blend of terrorism, serial killers, and even a little romance… A well-crafted thriller that manages to be both timely and timeless.” – Kirkus Reviews This is the one you’ve been waiting for!! FBI Agent Shawn Cleary has hunted twin serial killers Trevor and Mitchell Gant since the series began. Their final chess match involves multiple moves as it careens toward a heart-stopping confrontation. Fourplay, Book Four of the Cleary Case Files, ...

People are capable of almost anything. Fast-paced and addictive, The Couple Next Door announces a major new talent in thriller writing. You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you live only next door. You'll have the baby monitor, and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour.

Someone wants Maggie dead. Maggie Sloan, former librarian with the fierce spirit of a warrior, accepts an assignment to find a missing spy who trusts only her. Simple enough, until she is shot and friends are murdered. Maggie and her partner, Larry, a police officer from her hometown, reel as the shockingly vicious attacks escalate. They struggle with the disturbing clues that point to the guilt of everyone they meet, and their trust and reliance on each other grows deeper than Maggie realizes. (He falls first.) How many more will die before Maggie and Larry expose the ruthless enemy’s ...

A bundle of books number one (Next Door) and number two (A Neighbor’s Lie) in Blake Pierce’s Chloe Fine Psychological Suspense Mystery series! This bundle offers audiobooks one and two in one convenient file. In Next Door, Chloe Fine, 27, finds herself forced to confront her own dark past when her troubled twin sister needs her help. In A Neighbor’s Lie, FBI Violent Crimes Division Special Agent Chloe Fine, still reeling from the secrets of her past, finds herself thrown into her first case: The murder of a nanny in a seemingly perfect suburban town.

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In Cause to Save, serial killer Howard Randall has escaped, and the entire city of Boston is on edge. Women are turning up gruesomely murdered, and everyone suspects Howard is at it again. When Boston’s most brilliant and controversial homicide detective - Avery Black - is herself stalked - and when people close to her are brutally killed, one by one - it seems the city’s worst fears are confirmed. But Avery is not so sure.

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 ...

From the bestselling author of HER and Water Under the Bridge comes a razor-sharp psychological thriller about obsession, deception, and the terrifying ease of watching—and being watched. A flawless couple walks into the coffee shop where Izzy Lewis works. They're perfect—effortless, enviable, everything she's ever wanted. So, she does what she always does: she stalks them on social media. Just like that—with the tap of a screen—she's inside their world. Their glamorous life, their intimate moments, their secrets. But this time, watching isn't enough. This time, she'll do whatever ...

Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Deep in the woods, far underground, at the bottom of the well where her best friend's lifeless body was found fifteen years ago. After returning to her hometown to investigate a new murder, she now finds herself poised to become the killer's next victim. Jessie gazes up to the circle of night sky above her, the relentless raindrops landing on her face.

He’s erasing vermin. She’ll torture for fun. Together, can they ensure the most despicable people pay the ultimate price for their sins? Zach Heston refuses to let the rich get away with their perversions. Hunting down powerful elites who prey on kids, even his ruthless ways don’t make enough of a dent in their vile exploits. But when he teams up with a serial killer to dispatch the scum of the Earth, he vows to cut off the rot desecrating society behind closed doors… Janet Steele has always had a cruel streak. And though her fascination with death started with animals, she now ...

Julia Miller puts her teenage daughter on a plane, secure in the knowledge that she will see her again in a few days. But when the plane lands, Anna is nowhere to be seen. She definitely got on the flight, but then she just…vanished. Julia’s world is about to be rocked. Because when the truth comes about what’s really happened to Anna, nothing will ever be the same again. And time is running out to save her daughter…

Quick! Shocking! Not for the Weak! A Foray into the Mind of a Killer! Don't read this if you're easily offended!

Sheriff Sadie Mills navigates the challenges of single motherhood while solving crimes in the rural community of Possum Gap, Kentucky. The recent trailer shootings in her jurisdiction have her on edge, and the new coroner, a Yankee transplant from the east coast, is still adjusting to life in the wilderness when all hell breaks loose. Cases stemming from an out-of-control hillbilly clan, sex trafficking, and a murder in the nearby Amish community collide, and Sheriff Mills finds herself in a race to stop a serial killer before they strike again.