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FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history. Thrust into a mystery that has confounded law enforcement for decades, she proves to be an unexpectedly formidable "player"—and might finally end the deadly game once and for all.

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way. `Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.

A prisoner in a psychiatric ward confesses to killing two children and leads the Berlin police to their bodies. The police are certain he is also the kidnapper of a six-year-old boy, Max, who disappeared a year ago. But they only have circumstantial evidence, and the murderer is now refusing talk. In the many months since Max vanished, his father Till’s life has spiraled out of control. His wife has left him, he’s lost his job, and all he can do is obsess about what happened to his son.

Un asesino en serie que lleva años matando a sus anchas. Una caza contra el tiempo antes de que se cobre su próxima víctima. ¿La única pista? Siempre deja una inscripción en la piel de sus víctimas: Tic-Tac. Álex Cortés se enfrenta a un temible y silencioso villano que tiene en vilo a una ciudad entera. ¿Podrán Álex y su equipo encarcelarlo antes de que vuelva a matar?

When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys were murdered in the same area, the remote and bleak Gibbet Fen. When the main suspect was killed in a hit-and-run, the killings stopped. But Matt was not satisfied that the real murderer had been caught. Over 25 years later, Matt gets a photo in an unmarked envelope. It's of the Gibbet Fen crime scene. And the picture was taken before the murder took place. More photos arrive, relating to the historic murders, as well as intimate pictures of Matt's very secret private life.

The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his victims. Now, with a single faultless shot, Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.

Forced to give up her career as a dentist, and still unemployed a year later, Valentina Knight has finally run out of options. With foreclosure looming she acts in desperation, lying to get a position as an assistant to the county medical examiner. Val's relieved. She won't be homeless. But Val didn't count on the lie trapping her in a dangerous game with a killer. Val quickly becomes involved in the case of Francine Donohue, who disappeared from her neighborhood and is discovered dead six months later. The bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder are not the first of their kind.

Across the Pacific Northwest, a twisted killer stalks victims representing ancient archetypes: The Ruler. The Warrior. The Scholar. The Priest. Four are dead, leaving FBI investigators puzzled by the macabre, color-coded shrines the killer left behind. And clues now point to a fifth victim.

YouTube-Sternchen Lea Grimm zog eine riesige Fangemeinde in ihren Bann – bis sie ermordet, skalpiert und im Wald nahe Frankfurt aufgebahrt wird. BKA-Profilerin Nessa Wolf wird auf den Plan gerufen, um die kranke Psyche des Mörders zu verstehen, bevor er ein weiteres Opfer findet… Eine einsame Waldstraße im Taunus – eine nackte Frauenleiche. Sie wurde überfahren, um die Spuren eines viel grausameren Verbrechens zu verstecken. Profilerin Nessa Wolf nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und stößt auf eine Gruppe selbsternannter Satansjünger.

Eine grausame Mordserie und nur eine Psychologie-Professorin kann das Rätsel entschlüsseln... Der hochspannende und packende Thriller von Matthias Ernst. London: Ein Serienkiller tötet und verstümmelt junge Frauen. Die Polizistin Olivia Jenner ist überzeugt davon, dass es sich bei dem Täter um den Putney-Slasher handelt, der sieben Jahre zuvor mehrere Frauen auf die gleiche Weise ermordete. Das Problem: Der Hauptverdächtige wurde damals angeschossen und ist seitdem bei vollem Bewusstsein in einem gelähmten Körper gefangen.

In New Orleans verschwindet ein Zwillingspärchen kurz vor seinem 21. Geburtstag. Der Fall weckt Erinnerungen an einen Serienmörder, den man den "Einundzwanziger-Killer" nannte, weil er seine Opfer in einer grausigen Zeremonie an deren 21. Geburtstag tötete. Aber dieser Psychopath ist seit Jahren hinter Gittern. Oder doch nicht? Detective Rick Bentz befürchtet das Schlimmste. Zusammen mit seinem Partner Reuben Montoya versucht er fieberhaft, den Killer zu fassen und das Leben der Zwillinge zu retten.

Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake.

Valentina Medici è stata prima sedata, poi uccisa per dissanguamento da due tagli longitudinali sul polso. Lo scrittore Paolo Bernini, marito della donna, riconosce in questo rituale le modalità con le quali dieci anni prima venne uccisa la sua prima moglie. Questo legame col passato è la traccia dalla quale parte l'indagine del commissario leccese Luigi Gelsomino, che non vuol sentir parlare di serial killer, ma che è pronto a rinnegare il suo fiuto, se le prove dovessero condurlo in quella direzione. Un thriller che si dipana a cavallo tra il sole salentino e le nebbie padane.

Прошел год с того момента, как Саблин перебрался из Москвы в Северогорск и стал работать в отделении судебно-гистологической экспертизы Бюро СМЭ. Работа Бюро постепенно наладилась, Саблин с упоением занимался любимым делом и иногда задумывался о будущем. Но пока остается только ждать.

Seit Jahren hat Thad Beaumont unter dem Pseudonym George Stark erfolgreich blutrünstige Thriller veröffentlicht. Als das Pseudonym aufgedeckt wird, beschließt er, sein Alter Ego »umzubringen«. Kurz darauf kommt es zu einer Mordserie in der Kleinstadt, unter den Opfern sind jene, die sich an dem symbolischen Begräbnis beteiligt haben. Ist George Stark wieder zum Leben erwacht?

The peaceful little village of Saltern-le-Fen is buzzing with excitement. A film crew are in town, shooting a new TV police drama, Fen Division Five. But Detective Jackman receives a disturbing tip-off that something is wrong. Detective Marie Evans meanwhile is looking forward to moving into her dream home. But there’s no time to celebrate. The naked body of a young man is found at the river’s edge. He’s been strangled, his skin massaged in expensive oil. Two days later, another handsome young man is discovered in a shallow lake.

Joe Middleton's story is this: He doesn't remember killing anyone, so there's no way a jury can convict him of serial murder. He calls himself Joe Victim, trying, as he awaits trial, to convince the psychiatrists that he wasn't in control of his actions, trusting that the system will save him in the end. But others know Joe as the infamous Christchurch Carver and they want to see him dead. There's Melissa, Joe's accomplice in one of the murders, who plans on shooting him on his way to the courthouse before he gets a chance to start talking.

She is the perfect assassin. A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers. Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits. Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her and the one she answers to. She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness. Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything.

Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices. But the war isn’t over. Not since Melvin broke out of prison. Not since she received a chilling text... You’re not safe anywhere now. Her refuge at Stillhouse Lake has become a trap. Gwen leaves her children in the protective custody of a fortified, well-armed neighbor.