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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.

When Cyra Griffin’s younger sister is murdered by a serial killer, Cyra knows better than to expect justice from the hands of the police department. With the investigation already dying its own slow death, Cyra follows the blood trail and finds her own way forward. Using insider information (don’t ask), Cyra infiltrates a support group for serial killers by pretending to be one herself in the hopes of finding the person who ended her sister’s life. Proving herself to them comes at a cost, but it’s one Cyra is willing to pay in the name of revenge.

Chief Inspector Soobramania is called when three bodies are discovered in the space of twenty-four hours, with mutilations bearing an eerie resemblance to Jack the Ripper’s victims. Initial suspicion centres on an English Duke visiting Hyderabad and his friend, a powerful Deccani noble and the angry stepson of one of the dead. In the face of political pressure, Soob must ally with his rival in the British Residency Police, Inspector Wilberforce, to unearth the culprit.

Twenty-five years ago, a killer dubbed the Richmond Ripper terrorised London, claiming four victims before vanishing without a trace. Now, with her mother dying, Holly is running out of time to deliver the answers she desperately craves. But as she digs deeper into the past, someone is watching, and when Holly is targeted, it becomes clear that the killer is back, and he doesn't want to be found. Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Holly can trust no one - because someone in her inner circle is hiding the darkest secret of all.

Lambasted for a tragedy caught live on camera, then lauded for her help capturing the elusive PDQ, a serial killer, Flynn Martin’s career has reached new heights. But now, the TV journalist and mother has much further to fall. And someone wants to push her over the edge. PDQ is behind bars, for life and then some, but someone on the outside has picked up the killer’s mantle. Flynn is neck-deep in an investigation when the copycat emerges, targeting her sources and delivering cryptic messages. It’s clear that Flynn’s stories are getting deadlier. This one proves no exception.

In a riveting debut thriller that has drawn comparisons to masters of the genre like Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, Brian Freeman weaves obsession, sex, and revenge into a story that grips the reader with vivid characters and shocking plot twists from the first minute to the last.

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...

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.

Eric Ward thinks there is something odd about Arthur Egan’s life and death. But Ward is a former police inspector and trained to be suspicious. Egan left a large sum. But Ward makes no progress tracing the dead man’s offspring. A photograph of an unknown tombstone is his only clue. He discovers Egan served a term for manslaughter and that the evidence against him may have been planted. Why had he accepted his fate so meekly?

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.

Venus, a wife and true crime vlogger, ferociously pursues the dark, disturbing mystery behind a series of vicious slayings in her small town of St. Devil. Who are the victims? The women in her family, people she dearly loved—brutally murdered at the hands of a mysterious serial killer. She suspects that her own father may very well be this serial killer, but nothing is as it seems. The neighbor, her brother-in-law, and people very close to her have their fair share of dark secrets and shocking lies.

Sulle rive ventose di Seurasaari, un'isola al largo di Helsinki, viene ritrovato un cadavere: la pelle ricoperta di vernice bianca, un pezzo degli scacchi incastrato in gola. I crimini seguono una logica precisa e gli indizi rimandano a simboli e strategie che sfuggono ai protocolli investigativi. L'omicida non si limita a colpire: provoca, anticipa e orienta l'indagine come su una scacchiera. Per fermare il killer, Milo è costretto a collaborare con Stanislav, campione europeo di scacchi e suo patrigno, l'unico in grado di interpretare il linguaggio strategico dell'assassino.

Adam est illusionniste. Brillant, charismatique… et meurtrier. Depuis des années, il mène une double vie parfaitement huilée : sur scène, il fascine les foules par ses tours de magie ; dans l'ombre, il assouvit ses pulsions les plus sombres, convaincu de son impunité. Mais une rencontre inattendue vient fissurer cet équilibre macabre. L'amour s'invite là où il ne devrait pas exister, réveillant des émotions qu'Adam croyait mortes à jamais.

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.

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only...

Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their motives - predators much like the notorious Bloody Heart serial killer, whose latest teenage victim escaped and then identified local high school teacher Randall Thompson as his captor. The case against Thompson as the Bloody Heart Killer is damning - and closed, as far as Gwen and the media are concerned. If not for one new development.

Someone is murdering high-ranking Vietnamese government officials, so the head of Saigon's homicide division, Captain Chyang Fang, a troubled Chinese Vietnamese man, is given the task of finding the killer. Hated by almost everyone in Saigon and an outcast in both Chinese and Vietnamese circles, Fang has to rely on his wit, biting sarcasm, and not-so-capable assistant, Sergeant Phan - a man who would rather play on his smartphone than work - to find the killer who leaves toy cobras on the bodies of his victims.

Novembre 1991. I Nirvana risuonano nel mangiacassette, George H.W. Bush è alla Casa Bianca e la studentessa Charlie Jordan è in macchina con un uomo che potrebbe essere un serial killer. Josh Baxter è praticamente uno sconosciuto per Charlie. Si sono incontrati alla bacheca del campus: lei aveva bisogno di qualcuno che l'accompagnasse in Ohio e lui di un passeggero che condividesse le spese per il viaggio.

Trelleborg, Südschweden, 1989: Polizeimeisterin Gunni Hilding wird überraschend vom Dezernat für Gewaltverbrechen rekrutiert. Doch die junge Beamtin fühlt sich der Aufgabe alles andere als gewachsen: Von ihren eigenen Eltern verstoßen, muss ausgerechnet Gunni ein Verbrechen aufdecken, das eine Familie zu zerreißen droht. Denn ein achtjähriges Kind ist spurlos im Wald verschwunden … Fünf Jahre später wiederholt sich ein ähnlicher Fall – Gunni sieht als Einzige eine Parallele. Und wenn sie recht hat, bedeutet das, dass ein gefährlicher Serientäter noch immer auf freiem Fuß ist.

Quand la populaire Isabelle Coleman disparaît, tous les habitants de la petite ville de Denton se joignent aux recherches. Ils ne trouvent aucune trace de la jolie blonde, mais à cette occasion l'inspectrice Josie Quinn trouve une deuxième jeune fille dont ils ignoraient la disparition. Mystérieuse, muette et apathique, il est clair que cette dernière est traumatisée par ce qu'elle a subi. Tout ce que Josie peut obtenir d'elle, c'est le nom d'une troisième victime et un indice difficile à exploiter… Le compte à rebours est déclenché.