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In the late summer of a long-ago year, Alton Turner Blackwood brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy.
Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is murdering families again, re-creating in detail Blackwood’s crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino...

Twenty years ago Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe, the Territories, to save his mother. Now Jack is a retired L.A. homicide detective living in Tamarack, Wisconsin. A series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades ago by a madman named Albert Fish; are these murders the work of a disurbed indiviual or has a mysterious force been unleashed...What causes Jack' inexplicable waking...

A Massachusetts State Police SWAT sniper saves a woman and her young son by shooting the woman's armed husband. Now he finds himself in a twisted minefield of sordid wealth and family secrets in Gardner's latest "New York Times" bestseller.

Former LAPD Detective Harry Bosch investigates the death of an old friend who had ties to the hunt for the infamous serial killer, The Poet. What Harry finds leads him into the most terrifying situation he has ever encountered.

"A homicide inspector in 1920s Munich hunts for a serial killer"--Provided by the publisher.

"Milly's mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop was to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at an exclusive private school. But Milly has secrets, and life at her new home becomes complicated. Her foster sister Phoebe starts to bully her. A teacher betrays her trust. And her new best friend tempts her into behaving...

A series of brutal murders darkens the Wrightsburg, Virginia countryside. The killer, replicating notorious murders of the past, seeks to improve them, while taunting the police by leaving watches on the victims set to the hour corresponding with their position on his hit list. When Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called to join the case, they are already investigating a crime involving an aristocratic and dysfunctional Southern family. But, as...

Escaping to a secluded farm in Iowa to free herself from the pressures of fame, former movie star Jenna Hughes discovers that she is the target of a vicious stalker-turned-killer who is murdering women who resemble her. Former movie star Jenna Hughes left Hollywood for an isolated farm in Oregon to get away from fame, but someone has followed her, an obsessed fan whose letters are personal and deeply disturbing. While Jenna's already shaken up by...

A serial killer watches and waits. Each time, he takes two victims, preparing the first's body with all the clues the police need to find the second - who is still alive. The clock ticks, and the second one can still be saved. But the police never make it in time. The second one dies. For years, the killer has plagued the city with the same pattern, but the police never pick up on it quickly enough. Now, two girls have disappeared in the midst of...

"The first time was easy. No one ever suspected the victim had been murdered. The crime long buried, the dark passions guiding the killer's hand are still alive. But the need for revenge cannot be denied. Only one person can stop the killing. Only one person can identify the killer. Only one person knows the face of death--is as close as the face in the mirror"--P. [4] of cover.