Thriller Detective Serial

It's the case John Jordan doesn't talk about. The Stone Cold Killer still haunts John's nightmares. It was his first official case as a law enforcement officer -- and almost his last. On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Jack the Ripper case John Jordan gets his first job in law enforcement—and a case that will change his life forever. When young women start disappearing, John begins putting clues together that point to a chilling reality: a sadistic, ritualistic serial killer is on a mission. The small town of Stone Mountain and its police department are no match for the cunning and ...

The first victim is discovered on the edge of the park. Young. Female. Beautiful. Or at least she was before her face was destroyed. Homicide detective Frank Bennett suspects that this is a first kill. And it won’t be the last. To stop a serial killer in the making, Frank will have to place his faith in his beautiful, dangerous partner Eden Archer - a cop who moonlights as a killer.... Eden knows the temptation of evil. Her intimate knowledge of the relentless forces that drive a killer gives her a unique edge.

In the quiet seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, a man is found unconscious on the beach with a strange symbol carved into his skin. The victim - a local drug addict - has no recollection of who attacked him or how he got there. The sleepy coastal community is sent into shock. And when another victim branded with the same vicious mark dies from his wounds, DI Louise Blackwell realizes she is dealing with a sadistic serial killer. But why is the twisted attacker targeting Weston’s most vulnerable people? And what is the meaning behind the mysterious symbol?

Jake Adler is a forensic psychiatrist. He works and lives in the laid-back wine country town of Temecula, California. His life is about to get flipped upside down when he is enlisted to assist the FBI's investigation into a string of twisted murders from coast to coast. The killer is elusive and taunts his potential captors as much as his prey, but he met his match in the brilliant mind of Adler.

Her mind holds her captive. Nellie has no memory of life before the cabin. Pleasing Jack and caring for her small daughter are her entire life. Living far in the woods, away from the chaos of the destroyed world keeps them safe. Life is simple. Jack goes scavenging, she stays home and cares for Aster. Above all else, keep Jack happy. Everything changes when she finds the doll. A chance encounter forces Nellie to realize life outside the woods may not be what it seems. Her entire life may be built on a lie. Is the wooden box Jack hides the key? Nellie starts to question her past and question...

Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not. When her body was found, cruelly broken and posed like a runner, there was only ever one suspect: Annie’s husband, Frank. Now he’s served his time and come home–but the locals won’t let him forget. Especially when there’s a new ‘running girl’ murder…

In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They’re connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not all of them know that yet. There’s Dorian, still adrift after her daughter’s murder remains unsolved.

Angel of Mercy is a gripping thriller that explores the line between justice and vengeance, mercy and murder. Behind the gentle facade of a veterinarian lies a shadow. Jim Briggs, a man with a chilling secret, has been a silent guardian to the city's most vulnerable. But when a renowned author falls victim to a brutal murder, Briggs finds himself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Detective Shondra Smith, a relentless force, closes in on him, her suspect list growing with each passing hour. Briggs races against time as the clock ticks to clear his name, navigating a labyrinth of ...

When the police found the first body, left on a bonfire in the forest, they worried it had the hallmarks of a serial killer. Now, as they find the second, they know for sure. Panic about the “Bonfire Killer” quickly spreads through the sedate suburban area of Southampton. Women are urged not to travel alone at night, and constant vigilance is encouraged among the local residents. But single mom Aisling Cooley has a lot to distract her: two beloved teenage sons and a quest to find her long-lost father, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a teenager.

New truths to uncover and a killer to catch. With a family crisis looming, Detective Inspector Fiona Williams is hoping to take a break when she is called to a suspicious death in an isolated barn conversion, home to a quiet middle-aged couple. Duncan returned home from the pub to discover his wife dead at the foot of their cellar steps. There are no signs of a forced entry or robbery, but the evidence says Pat’s death was no accident. His reaction is strange, but he has a solid alibi for the time of death. Fiona will have to dig deep into the victim’s past to uncover the shocking truth...

The X and O Killings A novel by Logan Carter Brooklyn, 1997. The borough is caught in the grip of terror. Bodies are turning up across the city—marked with cryptic symbols: an X... an O. At first, the police dismiss the deaths as random violence. But Dispatch reporter Frankie Moretti sees a pattern emerging: a deadly game of Tic-Tac-Toe being played out in blood across the map of a gritty, pre-digital New York. As the victims pile up, two killers—one brutal and impulsive, the other cold and calculating—race to complete the board. With pagers buzzing, payphones ringing, and the streets...

When a true-crime podcast turns into a true crime, Abby and her fellow FBI investigators are shocked when a young woman is murdered during a live broadcast. With no clue as to the victim’s identity or location, the team must rely on Abby’s intuition to hone in on the victim. When they discover the girl’s remains at the University of Texas, the team can barely catch their breath before another female student falls victim to the same killer.

Her fingers numb with cold, Jo rushes to search for footprints in the empty parking lot before they are covered in snow. Her cousin and her little daughter never came home tonight and she is desperate to find them. With temperatures dropping, no-one can survive outside for long. When Detective Jo Fournier’s cousin goes missing with her sweet five-year-old Alexia, Jo heads straight to where they were last seen. Her heart stops when she finds their unlocked car—one door has been left open and Alexia’s beloved teddy is lying in the snow.

He saw a horrible sight yet again. The girl was dead, holding a bouquet of Lavender flowers. The clothes were worn backside front. Ava decided to help Ryan to control his ability through intense training. As they spend time together, Ava is discovering Ryan’s sad and hurtful past. Ryan was getting curious about Ava’s history as well. Things were going steady until they found a series of murders around the school. Four beautiful and popular girls died in every four days. The horror had been spread in the school. Ava, Ryan, and their team found the cunning and sad truth about the girls’...

Every dead child deserves a voice. Noah Ross was fifteen. And now he’s dead. He was found floating in a lake within a month of his adoption. DCI Nash must confront the evil that stalks the locals to uncover the truth. But with so many secrets buried in the town, will he catch the killer before they claim their next victim? Meanwhile, Nash’s boyfriend, Kelvin, is devastated by the racial attacks on his family. There’s a blight on the town and a straight-talking outsider knows more than she’s letting on. But DI Molly Brown is hell-bent on taking her down. In his biggest case yet, ...

Ella Raven became an FBI agent to heal her wounds…only to have them torn open…one by one. As a teenager Ella lost everything she had when her dad was brutally killed and her little sister kidnapped, never to be seen again. When, years later, a young girl is kidnapped without a trace in a quaint lake town in California, the story threatens to repeat itself. Now a rookie FBI agent, Ella is forced to work on the case together with Matthew Hunter, the mysterious agent who is more than a decade her senior. The case hits uncomfortably close to home for Ella, who must deal with her traumatic ...

When Sylvia Wilcox takes a leave of absence from the police force to uncover the truth behind her husband’s sudden death, she has no idea her search for answers will lead to something even darker. A string of brutal murders targeting college students sends shockwaves through southeastern Michigan, and Sylvia finds herself drawn into the hunt for a serial killer lurking in the shadows of a quiet college town. As she navigates her grief and the chilling clues of this dangerous case, Sylvia uncovers secrets that some would kill to keep buried. Can she solve the mystery before the darkness ...

When a body is pulled from the dank and dangerous fens on the outskirts of town, everybody assumes it was a tragic accident. But Detective Tara Thorpe, newly joined and determined to prove herself, suspects there’s more to the story. Tara is desperate to investigate further, but her supervisor Patrick Wilkins has other ideas. He would rather die than let this ambitious upstart show him up - even if it means some digging in Tara’s secret past to keep her under his thumb.

It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But it was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him - and no one will say why.

Seventeen-year-old Chloe Smedley walks out of the school gates and waves to the person waiting for her across the road. She smiles and hurries towards them… and is never seen alive again. Detective Jackie Cooke is first on the scene when Chloe’s body is found, posed upright at a garden table. In her gut, Jackie knows she’s searching for a monster and it’s only a matter of time before they strike again, but no one will listen.