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The call comes early in the morning. David and Helen Tremaine have discovered a body buried in the grounds of their large Victorian manor house, Llys Faen Hall, just north of Cardiff. DI Jemima Huxley and her partner, DS Dan Broadbent, race to the scene to discover that a second body has been unearthed in a shallow woodland grave. And the forensic team working the site believe this is just the start. Jemima knows this is the biggest case of her career. But it couldn't have come at a worse time.

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. FOR FANS OF BUTTER and KILLING EVE - the Korean cult portrait of a housewife turned contract killer. Translated by Paige Morris, a co-translator of Han Kang A hilariously unsettling tale of love, food and one woman's unconventional quest to support her family. I am no...

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. If you picked up this book because you truly want to get away with murder, you will not be disappointed. Simply turn the page and we’ll get started… Denver Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time – and that’s precisely why you’ve...

Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth is seconded by counter-terrorism to investigate a spate of domestic events. There are no leads, no DNA, no witnesses, no CCTV footage. Jack and his team must work on instinct to figure out why someone would want to harm innocent victims, each of them curiously linked to a single blood transfusion. Then a hospital bomb threat erupts, and it's up to Jack's team to prevent the inevitable bloodshed.

For FBI Special Agent Eden Cross, returning to Adamstown isn't a homecoming – it's a reckoning. But now, human remains have surfaced in the abandoned Raven's Lake Mine, and Eden is done waiting for answers. Lurking in the shadows is a predator known as The Collector – meticulous, patient and always watching. As she follows the trail of a killer who has remained hidden for too long, the past begins to unravel in ways she never expected.

Brought to you by Penguin. He meets women. He gains their trust. He kills them. That's all Maeve Kerrigan knows about the man she is hunting. Three women have been targeted in their homes by the same sadistic killer. With no sign of a break-in, every indication shows that they let him in. But...

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.

Read by Hugh Fraser Now an Amazon Prime original limited series! Agatha Christie’s beloved classic The A.B.C. Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer. There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic...

Brought to you by Penguin. Good-natured but naïve, Mumbai party boy Ali Azeem is drifting through life. Then he meets the Khan sisters: pretty, marriage-material Maryam and sexy, unpredictable, off-the-rails Farhan. They are the daughters of Abbas Khan, the formidable immigrant patriarch of a...

The next thrilling instalment in John Carson's utterly gripping DCI Liam Brodie series. A must-read for fans of J D Kirk and Ed James. 🔍👀 Some killers are caught. Others simply go into hiding… DCI Liam Brodie is no stranger to horror. Seven years ago, he led the hunt for a murderer who...

'Totally original. A taut and unpredictable thriller' CHRIS HAMMER 'A compulsively gripping twist . . . Terrific' VASEEM KHAN 'A propulsive and utterly compelling story' PETER PAPATHANASIOU __________ Every monster has a weakness. At the height of Australian summer, a serial killer known as The...

Bonnie Hunter has dedicated her career to locking up rapists. While her track record for putting them behind bars is second-to-none, one particularly nasty character has eluded her for years. His penchant for cutting out the tongues of his victims to stop them talking has made him rather difficult to catch. But he's just made his first mistake. Cooper and Quinn have their own problems. With a vigilante killer amongst them, they're racing the clock to figure out who's taking justice into their own hands before the press get wind of it and send the vigilante to ground.

The chilling prose of Karin Slaughter meets the high-stakes plotting of The Butcher and the Wren in a dark debut following three normal sisters, their own forgotten traumas, and the serial killer that lives within one, begging the question: can you ever truly recognize the evil around you? Three...

“Screw a fresh lightbulb into your bedside lamp, lucky reader, and snuggle in for a nonstop, cover-to-cover ride.” -The Vancouver Sun “A wonderful, dense and detailed story ­ with murder, mayhem and a serial killer. … [In Acts of Murder,] everyone has a past.” -The Calgary Herald...

As seen on the TODAY show as “the best thriller.” A hypnotic, sinister debut mystery about a seemingly good cop who is secretly the daughter of a notorious serial killer. Anna Koray escaped her father’s darkness long ago. When she was a girl, her childhood memories were sealed away from...

Bloomsbury presents Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton, read by Kimberley Capero. 'With biting, mordant humor, Chilton sends readers on a serial killer hunt for our disassociated, true-crime-obsessed social media age.' ASHLEY WINSTEAD, bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a...

A ruthless serial killer is hunting social media influencers across New York City, leaving behind a gruesome signature – their lips sewn shut and #shutup carved into their flesh. As the body count rises, Eden's relentless drive for the truth puts her at odds with her new team – and right into the crosshairs of a killer who thrives on attention. With every clue she uncovers, the case grows more dangerous, threatening not just Eden's place in the BAU, but also her life. The clock is ticking, and with every post, every hashtag, The Silencer moves closer.

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.