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The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlfred needs Dolls. Blonde, blue-eyed human dolls that will help him rewrite his past and change his future.When Peter Baden's daughter Olivia was abducted nearly a year ago, he left his career as a respected journalist to find her... -
![In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, Paula Rabinowitz]()
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, Paula Rabinowitz
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPostwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect... -
![The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen]()
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPresent day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. But whoever this nameless woman was, and whatever befell her, is knowledge lost to another time. . . -
![Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind]()
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAn acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder.In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift—an absolute sense of smell... -
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![The Alienist by Caleb Carr]()
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWhen The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere.The year is 1896. The city is New York... -
![The Bad Seed (P.S.) by William March]()
The Bad Seed (P.S.) by William March
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow reissued – William March's 1954 classic thriller that's as chilling, intelligent and timely as ever before. This paperback reissue includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested reading and more.What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This is the question at the center of William March's classic thriller...Categorized as:
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![None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney]()
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers.In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases... -
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Ripper by Michael Slade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Cutthroat comes a nerve-shattering thriller combining the legend of Jack the Ripper, the terrifying secrets of the Tarot, and a "mystery weekend" on a secluded Canadian island, whereurder becomes all too real... -
![Steel Breeze by Douglas Wynne]()
Steel Breeze by Douglas Wynne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA BLACK WIND BLOWS AND LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE. It’s been a year since novelist Desmond Carmichael's wife Sandy was brutally murdered. Now, with someone stalking him and his four-year-old son, he fears that the wrong man has been imprisoned for the crime... -
![The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr]()
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Kreizler himself, are seen anew. It is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr... -
![All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney]()
All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third and final book in the None Shall Sleep Sequence.Simon Gutmunsson is on the loose... Since the disastrous events of the College Killer case, the FBI is coming to terms with the fact that while catching one sociopath, they've released another. Chillingly manipulative, frighteningly intelligent, and wholly insane, Simon Gutmunsson is the worst of the worst... -
![Savage by Richard Laymon, Peter Bishop]()
Savage by Richard Laymon, Peter Bishop
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat." —Stephen KingWhitechapel, November 1888: Jack the Ripper is committing his last known murder and beneath the bed on which he's butchering his victim cowers a fifteen-year-old boy... -
![La otra bella durmiente by Phillip Margolin, Eduardo Iriarte]()
La otra bella durmiente by Phillip Margolin, Eduardo Iriarte
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a serial killer murdered the parents of Ashley Spencer and left Casey Van Meter in a coma, Ashley wonders why her quiet, loving family was targeted by a madman and decides to go into hiding in Europe. Returning years later to bear witness when the suspect is finally apprehended and tried, her pain also resurfaces in a true crime novel written by Miles Van Meter, Casey's twin brother... -
![The Unclaimed Victim by D.M. Pulley]()
The Unclaimed Victim by D.M. Pulley
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLiving decades apart, two women get caught in the web of an infamous serial killer. In 1938, at the height of the Great Depression, a madman hunts his victims through the hobo jungles of Cleveland, terrorizing the city... -
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![The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell]()
The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPrague, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a psychiatrist newly trained by Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The state-of-the-art facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle outside of Prague, though the site is infamous for concealing dark secrets going back many generations... -
![The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith]()
The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA group of college friends are ready for a week of partying at their rented beach house. They didn't count on a pair of homicidal maniacs crashing the party... -
![The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman]()
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFact, fiction, and urban legend blend in this haunting story about a young woman mistakenly imprisoned at Willowbrook State School, the real-life institution later shuttered for its horrendous abuses.Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins...Categorized as:
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![Instruments of Night by Thomas H. Cook]()
Instruments of Night by Thomas H. Cook
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThomas Cook is one of today's most acclaimed writers of psychological thrillers, penning hypnotic tales of forbidden love and devastating secrets. Now he has written an unforgettable novel that weaves one man's tortured life with a deadly mystery that spans five decades....Riverwood is an artists' community in the Hudson River valley, a serene place where writers can perfect their craft... -
![Cutthroat by Michael Slade]()
Cutthroat by Michael Slade
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the mastermind behind Headhunter comes a thriller that compares to such classics as Psycho and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Three enigmatic story lines intertwine to culminate in an ultimate climax, as this horror whodunit follows the bloody footsteps of a serial killer through the streets of San Francisco--and through history--each chapter drawing readers closer to the secret behind Cutthroat... -
![The Savage Instinct by Marjorie DeLuca, M.M. DeLuca]()
The Savage Instinct by Marjorie DeLuca, M.M. DeLuca
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEngland, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never—ever—return to the asylum... -
![A Study In Red: The Secret Journal Of Jack The Ripper by Brian L. Porter]()
A Study In Red: The Secret Journal Of Jack The Ripper by Brian L. Porter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L Porter tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set of papers which purport to be the journal of the long-dead infamous Whitechapel Murderer whose crimes gripped the hearts and minds and instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London... -
![The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson]()
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family's Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village's grim history... -
![Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell]()
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGaslit London is brought to its knees in David Morrell's brilliant historical thriller.Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier... -
![Hangman by Michael Slade]()
Hangman by Michael Slade
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe game begins in Seattle, where a hanged woman is found with one leg missing. Then, in Vancouver, a corpse is found with both legs missing. The clue that binds these horrific crimes together is a game of "Hangman" crudely drawn at each location--painted in the victim's blood.The victims, it seems, were jurors on a controversial case years ago, in which a man was sentenced to death--by hanging... -
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![A Wicked Snow (Emily Kenyon #3) by Gregg Olsen, Kevin Foley]()
A Wicked Snow (Emily Kenyon #3) by Gregg Olsen, Kevin Foley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck on her family's farm. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug upone of them her mother's. It was the nation's worst murder scene in decades and the killer was never found. Two decades later Hannah is a CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back... -
![The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens]()
The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe open road beckons.A chance for them to reconnect.Then they make a fatal mistake.It’s the summer of 1976 and Alice and Tom set out on the remote Canadian highways in their new RV, hoping to heal their broken hearts after a devastating tragedy.They’ve planned the trip perfectly, taken care of every detail. Then they meet two young hitchhikers down on their luck and offer them a ride... -
![Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith]()
Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTom Ripley passes his leisured days at his French country estate tending the dahlias, practicing the harpsichord, and enjoying the company of his lovely wife, Heloise. Never mind the bloodstains on the basement floor.But some new neighbors have moved to Villeperce: the Pritchards, just arrived from America. they are a ghastly pair, with vulgar manners and even more vulgar taste... -
![Little Bones: The most chilling serial killer thriller you’ll read this year by N.V. Peacock]()
Little Bones: The most chilling serial killer thriller you’ll read this year by N.V. Peacock
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have three names: I was born Leigh-Ann. I became Cherrie. When I was a child, they called me Little Bones…My father was Mr Bones – the notorious serial killer of 25 years ago.As a child I witnessed his crimes.Everything is different now. I have a new identity. I’m a mother. I am finally free.Until that podcast. I should never have listened... -
![Perennials by Bryce Gibson]()
Perennials by Bryce Gibson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummer in South Carolina – a time of ripe peaches, crackling bonfires, trips to the lake, and the rural legend of a creature known as the Lizard Man. This year, a very real monster is lurking about. The victims all have one thing in common – they share their names with plants. Soon it becomes apparent that seventeen-year-olds Dusty Miller and Nandina Bush may be next on the killer’s list...Categorized as:
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![The Shimmer: A Novel by Carsten Stroud]()
The Shimmer: A Novel by Carsten Stroud
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow do you hunt a killer who can go back in time and make sure you're never born?A police pursuit kicks Sergeant Jack Redding of the Florida Highway Patrol and his trainee, Julie Karras, into a shoot-out that ends with one girl dead and another in cuffs, and the driver of the SUV fleeing into the Intracoastal Waterway... -
![The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer]()
The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Barnes & Noble ReviewWedging himself stylistically between the gritty works of Michael Connelly and the high-octane plots of James Patterson, noted New York painter Jonathan Santlofer expands his palette to include the written word and cunningly crafts an absorbing portrait of obsession with The Death Artist, his debut thriller... -
![The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes]()
The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent film featuring Ivor Novello in the title role... -
![Ripley achterna by Patricia Highsmith]()
Ripley achterna by Patricia Highsmith
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this quietly terrifying exploration of trust and friendship, a troubled young runaway arrives in Villeperce... -
![The Sculptor by Gregory Funaro]()
The Sculptor by Gregory Funaro
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKilling Is An ArtIn life, they were flawed. In death, they are perfect works of art--killed, preserved, and carefully molded into replicas of Michelangelo's most celebrated creations. Only The Sculptor can bring forth their true beauty and teach the world to appreciate his gift... -
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![Into the Woods by David Mark]()
Into the Woods by David Mark
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you go into the woods, you're in for a dark surprise.Thirty years ago, three girls followed a stranger into the woods. Only two returned. The surviving pair have never been able to remember what happened or what the fate of the third girl was. Local rumours talk of hippies and drugs and mystic rituals, but no one has learned the truth.This story is just what Rowan Blake needs...Categorized as:
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![Where Monsters Dwell by Jørgen Brekke]()
Where Monsters Dwell by Jørgen Brekke
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA murder at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia, bears a close resemblance to one in Trondheim, Norway. The corpse of the museum curator in Virginia is found flayed in his office by the cleaning staff; the corpse of an archivist at the library in Norway, is found inside a locked vault used to store delicate and rare books... -
![The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy]()
The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her enthralling, richly imagined new novel, Brandy Purdy, author of The Ripper’s Wife, creates a compelling portrait of the real, complex woman behind an unthinkable crime. Lizzie Borden should be one of the most fortunate young women in Fall River, Massachusetts. Her wealthy father could easily afford to provide his daughters with fashionable clothes, travel, and a rich, cultured life... -
![American Gothic by Robert Bloch]()
American Gothic by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Castle: it looms over the streets of modern Chicago. Its stone walls conceal a maze of secret passageways and hidden rooms, private laboratories and concealed trapdoors. The Castle is home to G. Gordon Gregg, physician-murderer. His victims are young, beautiful women. His methods are swift, scientific and painless, his crime perfect. Until a newspaper reporter becomes suspicious... -
![The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes]()
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsIn Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to kill the shining girls: bright young women, burning with potential. Curtis stalks them through their lives across different eras until, in 1989, one of his victims, Kirby Mazrachi, survives and starts hunting him back... -
![Psycho II by Robert Bloch]()
Psycho II by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou remember Norman Bates—the shy motel manager with the fatal mother fixation. Now, years after his bout of butchery that horrified the world, Norman is at large again, breaking free from the psycho ward, cutting a shocking swath of blood all the way to Hollywood—where, so it happens, they are making a movie about Norman's life and crimes... -
![Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr, Tom Taylorson]()
Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr, Tom Taylorson
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCaleb Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, returns with a contemporary, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring Dr. Trajan Jones, a criminal psychologist—and the world’s leading expert on the life and work of one Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, the hero of The Alienist, in whose brilliant but unconventional footsteps he follows...
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