Showing results for "Psychopath" in Thriller & Suspense

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

Fear. Rage. Pain. I’ve endured it all. Seen it all. I’m the bad brother, the evil one—the psychopath. I wasn’t born this way. I was made this way. Neglect, abuse, trauma, and pain really mess a person up. Then the day I never thought would come finally does. It’s time for revenge.

When they were children, Megan adored her younger sister, Chloe. Now she can’t bear to be in the same room as her. Megan believes Chloe is a psychopath, and her sister does appear to be a textbook case: cold, cruel and lacking in empathy. Why does Chloe want to taunt Megan at every opportunity? And why does she persist in manipulating their mentally ill mother, Tilly? When Tilly, under Chloe’s malignant influence, becomes dangerously unstable, the consequences are ugly. Megan’s world falls apart.

Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave. They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there.

Meet Jez. Adulterous husband to Maxine, devoted father to Jamie. Promiscuous lover, university professor, pro-vice-chancellor for research - and a serial killer aiming to get to the top by any means necessary. His passion for murder parallels his love of music, and he matches each kill with its own special theme song to enhance the experience as he works towards assembling his very own top forty greatest hits. So when the vice-chancellor of lowly ranked Francis Drake University begins to sexually pester Jez's mistress Bella, it accelerates his plans for domination.

Wenn du sein Zeichen erkennst, ist es zu spät! Mitten im Winter wird auf einem Friedhof eine tote Frau gefunden – nur mit einem Nachthemd bekleidet. Unter dem Leichnam entdeckt Rechtsmedizinerin Julia Schwarz das Foto einer anderen Frau mit weit aufgerissenem Auge. Darunter steht ein Datum in drei Tagen ... Bei der Obduktion stößt Julia auf ein verstörendes Detail: drei parallele Kratzer über dem Hüftknochen. Das Markenzeichen eines Serienkillers, der seit Jahren hinter Gittern sitzt. Während Kriminalkommissar Florian Kessler fieberhaft ermittelt, sucht er Antworten beim inhaftierten Mörder.

Vier Männer planen die perfekten Morde, indem sie einander nachahmen und es so aussehen lassen, als wäre jede ihrer Taten von ein und derselben Person begangen worden. Tatsächlich schlagen sie jedoch nacheinander zu und besorgen sich wasserdichte Alibis für die Zeit, in der sie nicht auf der Jagd nach jungen Frauen sind. Auf den Überwachungskameras der Einkaufszentren, aus denen die Opfer verschwinden, erkennt das Team um Robert Drosten und Lukas Sommer keine Unterschiede – so perfekt ist die Maskerade zusammengestellt.

Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He’s a little too kind, a little too involved…Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.

Kaum auf die Insel Oahu zurückgekehrt, muss sich Penny den Geistern ihrer Vergangenheit stellen. Ihr früherer Erzfeind scheint von den Toten auferstanden zu sein und sinnt nach Rache. Um dem Geist des Psychopathen Einhalt zu gebieten, will Penny in einer Séance Kontakt mit ihm aufnehmen. Dabei kommt sie einer schockierenden Wahrheit auf die Spur, denn offenbar will sich noch jemand an ihr rächen.

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career–and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

Dr. Eleanor Spencer is a respected forensic psychologist with a seemingly perfect life. But when a series of women start to vanish, she’s haunted by the memory of her sister’s disappearance and she finds herself drawn into the chilling investigation.​ As the body count rises and her paranoia deepens, Ellie is forced to delve into the mind of a monster to uncover the truth. Her work leads her to Lucas Hayne, a notorious serial killer now behind bars. But when Lucas cryptically hints that the key to the killer’s identity lies buried in her past, Ellie’s world begins to unravel. ​

On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison hospital for the criminally insane, a nurse has been murdered and her newborn baby kidnapped. A ransom must be paid, and the clock is ticking. Forensic profiler Dr Connie Woolwine is renowned for her ability to get inside the mind of a murderer. Now she must go deep undercover among the most deranged and dangerous men on earth, and use her unique skills to find the baby–before it’s too late.

Tentang kisah cinta yang tak biasa, tentang dua luka yang saling menyapa, tentang rasa yang tak pernah sudah. Dulu, Shin Yura menilai seseorang dari fisiknya. Dulu, Shin Yura menilai seseorang dari senyumnya. Dulu, Shin Yura menilai seseorang dari sikapnya kepada orang lain. Tetapi kini, pandangannya berubah total setelah mengenal Aldrich Bale. Aldrich Bale, mahasiswa psikologi berambut seputih salju dengan wajah tampan dan sikapnya yang ramah. Orang-orang menyebutnya tanpa cela, tapi sebenarnya dia adalah seorang psikopat tanpa rasa iba.

Die Geister der Vergangenheit sind erwacht ... und sie wollen. blutige Rache .. Die in Ungnade gefallene Enthüllungsjournalistin Penny Archer nimmt aus Verzweiflung und Geldnot einen ganz speziellen Job an. Sie soll als Ghostwriter die Memoiren des alternden. Bestsellerautoren Walther Coogan schreiben. Als sie sich dafür auf den Weg nach Hawaii macht, wo derl menschenscheue Autor in einem alten Strandhaus bereits an dem Buch arbeitet, ahnt sie nicht, welche Hölle sie hier bald. durchleben muss.

Maeve has everything. A high-powered job, a beautiful home and a string of uncomplicated one-night encounters. She’s also an addict - a functioning alcoholic with a dependence on sex and an insatiable appetite for killing men. When she can’t find a support group to share her obsession, she creates her own. And Psychopaths Anonymous is born. Friends of Maeve. Now in a serious relationship, Maeve wants to keep the group a secret. But not everyone in the group adheres to the rules.

Schweden 1981: In einer forensischen Psychiatrie - nahe Stockholm - sitzt der gefährlichste Serienmörder seiner Zeit: KURT SENGE. Obwohl er insgesamt sechs Frauen tötete, bereut er bis heute nichts und legte nie ein Geständnis ab. Trotzdem löste dieser Mann einen wahren Tumult um seine Person aus, denn Kurt war jung, gutaussehend und charismatisch. Seit seinem Gerichtsprozess vor 17 Jahren, kennt ihn in Schweden jedes Kind. Noch heute erhält er täglich Post von liebeshungrigen Frauen und anderen Verehrern.

Twenty years ago, student Daisy Harrington went out for the evening and never came home. Her body was found a week later. The killer was caught. Case closed. Now, on what would have been her fortieth birthday, her five university housemates are invited to a weekend gathering. None of them want to go. But none of them can refuse—the invitation makes it clear that if they don’t attend, the past they’ve spent two decades hiding will finally come to light.

Sophie wasn’t expecting to find love in Sicily. But then she sees him: Emilio, a professor who works at the university where she is teaching for the summer. He’s kind, intelligent, funny, exciting and deliriously unpredictable… …maybe perfect. But paradise quickly turns to purgatory as she uncovers the haunting disappearance of Emilio’s first wife. And when she senses a shadowy character following her, watching her every move, Sophie starts to question her grip on reality. Is she being paranoid, or is nothing about her new life really what it seems?

Wenn die Tür sich öffnet, bist du verloren. Ein grausamer Fund erschüttert Berlin: Ein 16-jähriger Schüler wurde brutal ermordet. Die Beweislage scheint eindeutig – ein Mitschüler des Opfers wird verdächtigt. Doch Spezialermittlerin Laura Kern hat Zweifel. Als ein weiteres Opfer entdeckt wird, führen erneut alle Spuren zu demselben Jugendlichen. Aber der kann sich angeblich an nichts erinnern. Ist ein einzelner Teenager tatsächlich zu solcher Grausamkeit fähig?

The heart-stopping new thriller in the Ren Bryce series by Alex Barclay, bestselling author of DARKHOUSE and KILLING WAYS. When Special Agent Ren Bryce is called to Tate, Oregon to investigate the disappearance of twelve-year-old Caleb Veir, she finds a town already in mourning. Two other young...