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  • One by One by Chris Carter

    One by One by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    'I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?' Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins. But the caller doesn't want Detective Hunter to just watch, he wants him to participate, and refusal is simply not an option...
  • The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Hear No Evil For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades...
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    crime  abuse  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of silence, the game is back on… Widower Allan Brown is hosting a support group in his home for the bereaved. One of the guests in attendance will be Amy Lambert, this week marking the five-year anniversary of her family’s horrifying ordeal at Crescent Lake. Of course it’s hardly cause for celebration...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  killer  murder
  • The Hannibal Lecter Trilogy by Thomas Harris

    The Hannibal Lecter Trilogy by Thomas Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal - the three international bestsellers that provided literature with one of its most memorable characters - now available in one volume...
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    crime  adult  book  classics  dark  fiction  horror  killer
  • The Dead Tell Lies by J.F. Kirwan

    The Dead Tell Lies by J.F. Kirwan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you want to catch a serial killer, you need to think like one.Greg Adams, a criminal psychologist at Scotland Yard, specialises in bringing serial killers to justice. He is at the top of his game, having just put away his sixth serial killer when his wife, Kate, is brutally murdered by another predator known as the Dreamer...
  • Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground.Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy?Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land?Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland.No one is safe...
  • Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evil is Released Onto the Streets of San Diego...A series of deadly fires rages across the cityscape, claiming the lives of entire families. Helpless to stop the fires, the SDPD assigns their most famous detective, Jon Stanton, to the case. The evidence points him to a single arsonist committing the horrendous acts...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror  killer  law-enforcement
  • Once Lured by Blake Pierce

    Once Lured by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ONCE LURED is book #4 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE.Women are turning up dead on a lone stretch of highway in Delaware. Some go missing for an inexplicable length of time, while others are turning up dead, their bodies left out for display in bizarre and mysterious ways...
  • In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White

    In the Barren Ground by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the Barrens, a vast wilderness in northern Canada bordering the Arctic Circle, night consumes every hour of the winter. Humans are scarce; ferocious predators roam freely. Locals say spirits do, too. Rookie cop Tana Larsson doesn’t mind the dark and quiet. Five months pregnant and hoping to escape the mistakes of her past, she takes a post in Twin Rivers, population 320...
  • Bits & Pieces by Dawn Hosmer, Diane Box-Worman

    Bits & Pieces by Dawn Hosmer, Diane Box-Worman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance encounter with a stranger traps Tessa within the mind of a madman.Tessa was born with a gift. Through a simple touch she picks up pieces of others. A “flash” of color devours her—the only indication that she’s gained something new from another person. Red equals pain; purple, a talent; yellow, a premonition; orange, a painful memory; and blue, a pleasant one...
  • Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final game is here… A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving. Amy Lambert is a successful entrepreneur and in a promising relationship with Allan Brown. Caleb Lambert is a respected member of the United States Marine Corps. Carrie Lambert is a flourishing college student. Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...
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    crime  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder  mystery  psychological
  • Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin

    Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Is she missing…or a murderer? When Laura Chaucer, daughter of a U.S. senator, vanishes from her college campus, celebrated FBI profilers Special Agent Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in. Thirteen years ago, Laura and her nanny disappeared from her family’s Denver home. Laura was found alive, but her nanny wasn’t so lucky… and the killer was never caught...
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    crime  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  murder  mystery
  • Elysium Dreams by Hadena James

    Elysium Dreams by Hadena James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He skins his victims alive, taking pleasure from their pain. In the cold, dark nights of Alaska, a hunter is stalking his prey. Once found, he takes them into the woods and skins them alive, prolonging the experience as much as he can, but the satisfaction always wanes.Aislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit have just finished up another case when they get the call...
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    crime  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  murder  mystery
  • Once Trapped by Blake Pierce

    Once Trapped by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this dark psychological thriller, a wealthy husband turns up dead, and his abused wife is charged with the crime. She calls Riley for help—and yet it seems clear she is guilty...
  • Once Buried by Blake Pierce

    Once Buried by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A serial killer is killing victims with rapid speed, and in each crime scene, he leaves an unusual signature: an hourglass. Its sand is designed to fall for 24 hours—and when its empty, a new victim appears. Amidst intense media pressure, and in a frantic race against time, FBI Special Agent Riley Paige is summoned, with her new partner, to crack the case...
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    crime  mystery  fiction  murder  audiobook  thriller  female-mc  horror
  • A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker. "I'm going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world...
  • Go Down Hard by Ali Seay

    Go Down Hard by Ali Seay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if a victimized woman decided to be a silent guardian angel for other women and turn the tables on predatory men? What if she stumbled into the hunting grounds of a cocky serial killer while looking for her own private murder den? What if a confident killer met his match in the form of a jean-clad, whiskey-swigging stranger in an hour glass-shaped package - and she made him want things -...
  • Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will survive the storm?It was a blizzard for the ages. Two, massive snow storms strike back-to-back, causingchaos in the Hudson Valley.Anna, and her two children, are without power and the temperature is plummeting. Theirsituation seems bleak, but a break in the storm gives them a chance at salvation. Anna flees herhome, hoping to find safety in a local hotel, but what she finds is madness...
  • Deceived by W.L. Knightly

    Deceived by W.L. Knightly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After working the past five years as a private investigator, former law enforcement officer, Shae Sawyer gets the call that she’s been waiting for.Her longtime acquaintance and ex brother in blue, Detective Cam Murphy has a case and a pair of victims unlike anything he’s ever seen...
  • Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross

    Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Contemporary/MF/Thriller-Horror/Serial Killer/Captive/DarkKirby wished for a new life, but the Devil sent her Cain.I knew what my calling in life was at a young age. I was the embodiment of death. The scent of blood and watching the life fade from something’s eyes was more delicious than any dessert...
  • Profile K by Helen Sarah Fields

    Profile K by Helen Sarah Fields

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s going to kill you. He just doesn’t know it yet. There’s something wrong with me. For years I’ve hidden it. Suppressed it. Blended into society. But The Test awoke something within me. It was just a routine application designed to get to know me better – with results that would show me everything I was capable of...
  • Vengeful Games by Jeff Menapace

    Vengeful Games by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    PLAYTIME IS NOT OVER...In Autumn of 2008, the Lambert family headed to western Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway to the family cabin.They visited hell instead...The Fannelli brothers. Two psychopaths who believed themselves exceptional, put on this Earth for the soul purpose of tormenting others for their own amusement. To make people play their twisted games...
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    crime  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder  mystery  psychological
  • Come with Me by Ronald Malfi

    Come with Me by Ronald Malfi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee.Aaron Decker's life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence--and her ghost--Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country...
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    crime  gothic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  death
  • Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier

    Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    WAKE UP, LITTLE DARLING. DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?He's looking for the perfect woman. Someone who won't disappoint him, like so many have before. Someone who'll love him ... someone who won't have to die for her mistakes.GIVE UP, LITTLE DARLING....FBI agent Mary Cantrell has been called to Minneapolis to hunt down a killer...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson

    The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    HIS VICTIMS . . . A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive--and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear . . . WILL TAKE HIS SECRETS . .
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  murder
  • Legacy by Nick Roberts

    Legacy by Nick Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Derrick Stockton is in his mid-twenties, approaching three years sober, and working a stable job in Ohio. After surviving seemingly random horrors of his childhood at the hands of a nightmarish neighbor, he believes he’s finally moved on. All that changes when a brutal murder occurs in his home state of West Virginia...
  • The Asylum Confessions: Serial Killers by Jack Steen

    The Asylum Confessions: Serial Killers by Jack Steen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They arrive alive. They always leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions.My name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at an Asylum for the Criminally Insane, and most of my patients know me as their Angel of Death...
  • Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

    Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    "I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King...
  • Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Henry - My past is gruesome and unforgettable no matter how hard I try to let go.Writing is my escape. My only therapy.When I met my wife, had children, and my career sky-rocketed, I thought I’d never revisit those dark days again.So, the moment Blue Hill, Maine beckons for me, I go willingly in an effort to write the next big story...
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    crime  gothic  abuse  adult  anti-hero  book  cheating  dark
  • Clive Barker's the Midnight Meat Train Special Definitive Edition by Clive Barker

    Clive Barker's the Midnight Meat Train Special Definitive Edition by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1984 the Books of Blood by Clive Barker were published and quickly gained a following worldwide. Literary eminences like Stephen King noticed early on the creativity and powerful prose throughout the Books of Blood, bringing Clive Barker's stories to the forefront of horror fiction...
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    crime  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  horror  murder
  • The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon

    The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2023 - "A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying." --James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND--AND THE ONE VICTIM HE HAS SPARED...
  • River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis, Lucas Astor

    River of Ashes by Alexandrea Weis, Lucas Astor

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some truths are better kept secret. Some secrets are better off dead. ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER, sits the abandoned St. Francis Seminary. Beneath a canopy of oaks, blocked from prying eyes, the teens of St. Benedict High gather here on Fridays. The rest of the week belongs to school and family—but weekends belong to the river.And the river belongs to Beau Devereaux...
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    gothic  crime  horror  young-adult  fantasy  fiction  suspense  mystery
  • By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens

    By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thomas Bishop was twenty-five when he escaped from an institution for the criminally insane. Behind him was a grotesque history of pain, murder and rage. Ahead lay a path of horrifying vengeance that would trigger the most intense manhunt in history...
    Categorized as:
    crime  adult  book  dark  fiction  horror  murder  mystery
  • The List by Kiersten Modglin

    The List by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ten years ago, the small town of Bates, South Carolina was changed forever with the appearance of a slip of paper.Six names.Six people set to die.Six months later, they were gone. But the list maker was far from done with their town.Like clockwork, new lists come out every six months. To keep their names off of them, the citizens go to extraordinary lengths and keep terrifying secrets...
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    crime  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder  mystery  psychological
  • Escape! by Iain Rob Wright

    Escape! by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brand new Horror novel from acclaimed author Iain Rob Wright. Can you figure out the secrets of "the room" and escape before it's too late?Cheryl is about to learn that the people she works with are keeping a secret. One they are willing to kill for.Cheryl is the new girl at work, which is why she feels like she doesn't have a choice when she's asked to go on a "company outing...
  • Broken Dolls by James Carol

    Broken Dolls by James Carol

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator.The son of one of America's most renowned serial killers, Winter has spent his life trying to distance himself from his father's legacy. Once a rising star at the FBI, he is now a freelance consultant, jetting around the globe helping local law enforcement agencies with difficult cases. He's not got Da Vinci's IQ, but he's pretty close...
  • Keep It In The Family by John Marrs

    Keep It In The Family by John Marrs

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible secrets—and not all of them are confined to the past.Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC...
  • Dead Scared by Sharon J. Bolton

    Dead Scared by Sharon J. Bolton

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When a rash of suicides tears through Cambridge University, DI Mark Joesbury recruits DC Lacey Flint to go undercover as a student to investigate. Although each student's death appears to be a suicide, the psychological histories, social networks, and online activities of the students involved share remarkable similarities, and the London police are not convinced that the victims acted alone...
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    crime  gothic  21st-century  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark
  • The Asylum Confessions: Family Matters by Jack Steen

    The Asylum Confessions: Family Matters by Jack Steen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    They arrive alive. They leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions and this time - it's all about FAMILY.Inside this book are 4 DeathBed Confessions that relate to family issues:Patient 424 is a father who just wanted to protect his little girl.Patient 1001 is a pig farmer who never should have had children.Patient 523 wants you to believe he's the brother of a mob boss...
  • Salem's Fall by Rektok Ross

    Salem's Fall by Rektok Ross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hotshot young attorney. An enigmatic billionaire accused of murder. To uncover the truth, she’ll have to play his game—and try not to fall in love with the devil. James Woodsen is used to being underestimated. Top of her class at Harvard Law, she’s brilliant, beautiful, and now the youngest female associate at Boston’s most elite criminal defense firm...
  • The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

    The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel...
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    crime  gothic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  dark  death
  • The Craftsman by Sharon J. Bolton

    The Craftsman by Sharon J. Bolton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From bestselling crime writer Sharon Bolton comes a startling tour de force, hailed in the national press as 'Bolton at her best'.OLD ENEMIES... NEW CRIMESThirty years ago, WPC Florence Lovelady's career was made when she arrested coffin-maker Larry Glassbrook for three shocking murders.Larry confessed; it was an open and shut case...
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    crime  gothic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  drama
  • Flashback by Michael Palmer

    Flashback by Michael Palmer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Toby is eight years old. He had a routine operation. It was fine. Now he's gone home to terror. Months have passed. But Toby still bursts into tortured screams. Because something is very wrong. Toby can remember evey moment of the operation. All the trauma. All the pain. He relives evrey horrifying detail of surgery while he's awake...
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    crime  adult  book  fiction  horror  medical  murder  mystery
  • These Cold Strangers by J.T. Ellison

    These Cold Strangers by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a chilling tale about how a reporter’s deep dive into a viral video challenges her preconceived notions of what being a hero really means.When she recognizes the heroic stranger in a sensationalized news video, Addison Blake plans to use the information to her career’s advantage...
  • Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings

    Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    You wake up in the morning to discover that you have been sealed into your home. The doors are locked, the windows are barred. THERE'S NO WAY OUT.A madman is playing a deadly game with you and your family. A game with no rules, only consequences...
  • Two Can Play by Kate Kessler

    Two Can Play by Kate Kessler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a copy-cat killer arrives in the small New England town of Edgeport, criminal psychologist Audrey Harte must use all her skill to solve the case.Audrey has been hired by the prosecution to help prepare for the trial of 19-year-old serial killer Ian "Boy Scout" Monroe. His one surviving victim, Tori Scott, is the star witness, but when someone begins killing with Monroe's M.O...
  • Ripper by Michael Slade

    Ripper by Michael Slade

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From 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...
  • The Cadaver Factory by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    The Cadaver Factory by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jack Rally is an eighteen-year-old boy who is evil and witty. He receives an opportunity from an older film-maker named Mr. Bigsley whose films are films of actual murders. Jack takes the opportunity and runs with it, becoming a master of his murderous profession...
    Categorized as:
    crime  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  mystery  noir
  • Killing Jane by Stacy Green

    Killing Jane by Stacy Green

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if everything you've ever heard about Jack the Ripper is wrong ... A young woman is brutally murdered in Washington D.C., and the killer leaves behind a calling card connected to some of the most infamous murders in history...
  • Invite the Wolf by Iain Rob Wright

    Invite the Wolf by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you dig Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and James Herbert? Well, then check out this unique and horrifying read from multi-time bestseller, Iain Rob Wright. But be warned, reading it may cause nightmares."IAIN ROB WRIGHT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME!" - JA KonrathAlfie Everett is living his best life as a successful online content creator, exposing 'wolves' online with his friends...
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