Serial Killer Psychological Thrillers

Insurance investigator Charlie Novak doesn't investigate murders. He commits them. But he didn't commit this one. The victim? Like all his previous victims, she was married to his partner. And insured by him. It's all part of their ongoing black widower scheme. Charlie stages fatal accidents nobody looks at twice. But this one has homicide cops crawling all over it. Charlie monitors the case for the insurance company, hoping to steer it away from the husband with the million dollar motive.

For fans of Karin Slaughter, Psychological Horror, and Suspense Thrillers Lynn is a normal girl who moved to Manhattan against her parent's wishes. They worried about how their daughter from a small town would handle a big city. When Lynns attacked, it puts her on a path with a Detective that she doesn't quite understand but one that may know more about what's happened as the case unravels. The Detective starts to see a pattern, something that's familiar to her from a past that she's dying to forget. Except, the past that she remembers belongs more in a horror movie than real ...

This is the second novel in a series of Dark Psychological Mystery Thrillers. In the first novel Lyra King was hired as a nanny to the Bryant children. She uncovers some dark and sinister family secrets right before the house goes up in flames along with the residents and Lyra inside. In this sequel, Detective Courtney Cane and her partner, Vance work to expose some of those family secrets as they investigate the deaths of the Bryant family along with the mysterious housefire while simultaneously hunting a serial killer. Did the family's secrets draw a serial killer to their door? This ...

Chelsea Rivers is a troubled teen who is abused by her father and ridiculed by her classmates. She is put in therapy as a means to sooth the conscience of her parents, but soon discovers that her therapist is not your average therapist. Dr. Bennett has an alternative method in her approach to therapy and soon has Chelsea plotting the murder of the "cool kids" who torment her as a cathartic exercise. Chelsea begins secretly following her tormentors to learn their habits and schedules. While doing so, she happens upon one of them murdering their family dog and an unlikely friendship ensues ...

Ten years ago, Lisa was a popular young writer and internet personality, famous for her party-girl memoir SLUT. Now, she's sober, straight, honest, and bored. But one night her boyfriend's infidelity throws her boring life off the rails. And she meets a young man who shares her interest in the finer things in life: sex, drugs, and revenge. But there are bad boys ... and there are evil boys. And this one is not just bad, but dangerous, a sociopathic stalker with a history of abusing, blackmailing, manipulating, and assaulting women. As she's drawn into his terrifying game, Lisa finds that ...

Who is Charlie Graff? Charlie Graff is a successful author who writes dark psychological mystery thrillers. She was abused as a child and has spent her life looking for love in all the wrong places. She has had a series of unhealthy relationships. As a result, she has sought refuge and found healing in creative writing. Now, however, she is stalked by a killer recreating the crime scenes from her novels. Is it someone from her past or a twisted fan? …and when Hector drew his last ragged breath, his killer smiled. “It is done,” he whispered. It was the end for Hector, but in truth, it ...

In the Lakeshore Hunt, Billie Knight, after being forced into retirement and years of being estranged from her last immediate family member, her sister, receives an invitation in the mail to come to the town of Lakeshore to reconcile. A few days later, her sister's journal arrives with a journal entry buried deep within the journal's pages, warning her not to go to Lakeshore no matter what. Billie is hesitant but intrigued enough to overcome her bitterness and inquire after her sister, only to learn that her sister is dead. Billie decides to go to Lakeshore to solve the mystery of who sent ...

Midnight Jones is an analyst trained to understand the human mind. But everything changes when, in the course of her work, she discovers Profile K’s file – because K stands for killer, and she knows that someone more dangerous than she could have ever imagined walks among them. Midnight knows what Profile K is capable of before he even commits his first crime. But as the news rolls with the brutal murder of a local woman, no one believes what she tells them. Profile K will kill again – and Midnight realises that the moment she found his file was the moment she became his next target.

Doctor Victoria Ward has been killing men for over 30 years. Her victims all have one thing in common: They’re abusive. Righteousness is a close companion - it helps her sleep at night - and she holds the virtue closely as she defends the innocent, upholding the law when it won’t rise to protect those who need it most. When she meets a young girl named Kelly and follows her down a twisted path of deception, Doc Ward finds herself face-to-face with a ghost from her past.

As usual, 17-year-old Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. She's not been seen since. Alice was popular and well-liked, and her boyfriend, friends and family are desperate to find her. But when the police start asking questions, it becomes clear that almost everyone has something to hide. Torn between a host of suspects, Detectives Beth Winter and Lucas Black don't know which way to turn. But then they receive a disturbing package: pages from Alice's precious diary. Who could have sent them? And have they done with Alice?

They ran to escape judgment. They found something far worse. In this gripping psychological thriller, young lovers Michael and Jenna leave behind their strict, judgmental families in Illinois, chasing a new beginning in a remote small town in Wisconsin. But their fresh start quickly unravels. Locals are cold, unfriendly—and they have a disturbing grudge against outsiders, especially those from across the state line. To survive in their new home, Michael and Jenna lie about who they are. At first, it seems to work. But soon the cold stares turn to veiled threats. Whispers spread. Someone ...

Like father, like daughter. Poppy never believed she’d be a married woman with a pet pug, but she’s enjoying it…as much as a suburban psychopath can enjoy anything. Of course, feelings are irrelevant. It’s actions that make you a good employee, a good friend, a good wife—her husband would never believe that she’s as numb inside as a dead tooth. And though the fact that she got her serial killer father locked away doesn’t speak well of her as a daughter, she’s content to remain hidden in his shadow. But when a local murder rocks her town, Poppy finds herself at the center of ...

My mother lied to me. My family is not my own. If it wasn’t for the genealogy test, I would never have known I was the child of another woman. Now I’m learning that I have four brothers I have never met. And one of them is a serial killer. My brother is taunting me to play his vicious game – solving his clues before he spills more blood. Who can I trust? How can I find and stop him before it is too late? And what if it is me he really wants?

Sequel to international best seller Block 46 and next in the award-winning Roy & Castells series. Whitechapel, 1888: London is bowed under Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. London 2015: actress Julianne Bell is abducted in a case similar to the terrible Tower Hamlets murders of some 10 years earlier and harking back to the Ripper killings of a century before. Falkenberg, Sweden, 2015: a woman's body is found mutilated in a forest, her wounds identical to those of the Tower Hamlets victims.

Do you like thrilling, edge-of-your-seat stories? Box Office Butcher is a psychological serial killer thriller novel that will keep you glued to the pages until the very end. It’s full of suspense, mystery, and intrigue - perfect for fans of crime thrillers and mystery novels. A meticulous killer is on the loose, and he’ll stop at nothing until he performs every murder scene from his favorite horror film. Detective Kevin Harmes has his hands full. The blockbuster film, Smash Hit, has drawn out copycat killers from all over the country. But there’s only one true Box Office Butcher. ...

What happens when a seemingly ordinary life unravels into a terrifying descent into madness? "Mindless" plunges you into the unsettling world of a medical student whose ambition spirals into a dangerous obsession. As their pursuit of knowledge and perfection intensifies, the lines between reality and delusion begin to blur. Driven by a twisted desire to push the boundaries of human potential, their experiments take a dark and horrifying turn. Kidnapping, unspeakable acts, and a mind consumed by its own darkness await you in this chilling psychological thriller. Are you ready to witness the ...

Los Angeles, 1999. Ein Serienmörder hinterlässt eine Schneise der Verwüstung in Downtown Los Angeles. Der perfide Killer macht bei der Auswahl seiner Opfer keinen Unterschied: Männer und Frauen aller Ethnien fallen ihm zum Opfer. Gemeinsam mit dem FBI jagt der psychisch labile Detective Blake den Mörder. Doch als plötzlich einige Mitglieder des Ermittlerteams spurlos verschwinden, droht die Situation zu eskalieren – und Blake verlässt Los Angeles. Napa Valley, 2023. Blake, mittlerweile Sheriff von Napa County, wird an einem einzigen Tag zu mehreren grausamen Tatorten gerufen.

Britney Cage collects people. From her friends to her clients to the thousands of employees her temp agency places throughout Tampa, Britney obsessively sifts through humanity in search of the ones who might--in some way or other--prove useful to her. This compulsion has served her well. A young, successful businesswoman, Britney routinely hobnobs with the rich and powerful, making fans and amassing power at every rung up the ladder. Still, amid nights out with friends and lavish, sparkling parties with clients, there's always one person who seems just out of reach: her next victim.

When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs. Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers, the creeps, the man who followed her home the other night...

"MY PASSION IS SEX. MY MUSE IS MURDER..." In this the final episode of The Handyman, Series I, steamy erotic noir writer Victor Casey has become the darling of the New York literary scene with the publication of his first novel, Savage Sins. Based on the first murder he committed as The Handyman, reviewers are calling the novel "stunning and graphic, as if the author actually were a killer himself." While his girlfriend, Stella, reveals her true identity, she also reveals the extent of her lust via The Sex Club, her pet project involving a handful of lonely suburban housewives and the ...