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401) Most likely to die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
It's been 20 years since the night Jake Marcott was brutally murdered at St. Elizabeth High School in Portland, Oregon. It is a night that shattered the lives of three women. A class reunion has been scheduled, and a killer will finish what was started long ago.
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Series
Mundy's Landing volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When she receives an anonymous gift that is linked to a century-old string of gruesome unsolved murders--and her own troubled past--Rowan soon discovers that the town's violent history was only the beginning as a twisted killer sets out to make sure everyone pays for their sins--in blood.
403) Break Neck: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Pursuing a string of senseless murders of clean-cut young adults, detectives MC Riggio and Kitt Lundgren find the investigation shattered by MC's fiancé's murder, which strains MC's relationship with Kitt and brings the fiancé's true nature into question.
405) Beautiful rage
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Divorced Virginia sheriff Lucia Dove must determine whom to trust when, in the midst of her investigation of the serial killing of a sixteen-year-old girl, a victim's DNA is discovered on a razor in the home of her partner, Jack.
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Series
Night volume 5
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A sniper's bullet kills a lowly theater district shop owner. It's the first of several killings in what becomes a twisted cat-and-mouse game between the "Night Sniper," so-called because he only strikes after sunset, and retired New York detective Vincent Repetto.
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Series
New Orleans volume 5
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
True crime writer Kristi Benz, searching for the one case that will take her to the top, gets her wish when she enrolls at All Saints College to investigate the brutal murders of three troubled girls, all of whom were found with the blood drained from their bodies.
408) My murder
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She's also the clone of the original Louise who, along with four other victims of a local serial killer, has been brought back to life by a government project to return the women to their grieving families. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old life, questions remain about what exactly preceded her death, and how much to trust those around her. ... Darkly comic and lightly speculative, My...
409) Show of evil
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
In Chicago, a series of murders has the hallmark of Aaron Stampler, the altar boy who butchered a bishop and whom lawyer Martin Vail saved from the electric chair. But Stampler is in jail--unless. The nagging thought sends Vail into a panic when his woman becomes a target. By the author of Primal Fear.
410) The nanny murders
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Zoe, a single mother with an adopted daughter, discovers that one of her neighbors could be a serial killer. Someone is busily dismembering Philadelphia's terrified nannies. Zoe and a mysteriously scarred detective named Nick Stiles together try to prevent the murderer from striking again, but the killer has targeted Zoe.
411) The burning girls
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
The remote town of Crooked Creek is beset by wildfires tearing through the mountains. Detective Ellie Reeves, whose own family home was burned, just learned that she was adopted. As she tries to come to terms with her past, Ellie is up against a serial killer. The burned remains of teenage girls are being found, each time, surrounded by a circle of stones. The more she uncovers, the more the case becomes personal.
412) The fire baby
Author
Series
Philip Dryden novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Laura, who is slowly emerging from a coma, overhears a confession that could solve the murder case currently being investigated by her journalist husband, Philip, and struggles to tell him what she has learned in order to keep him out of danger.
413) A Merciful Death
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land - and off the grid - in rural Eagle's Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal...
414) Daisy in Chains
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"He's a serial killer. A murderer of young women, all killed in brutal attacks. But despite Hamish Wolfe's conviction, he's always stuck to his story--he's innocent and he's been wrongly imprisoned. And now he wants someone to investigate and, more importantly, to write his story. Maggie Rose is a notorious defense attorney and writer whose specialty is getting convictions overturned. At first, Maggie is reluctant to even acknowledge Hamish's requests...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
In scenic Granite Harbor, life has continued on--quiet and serene--for decades. That is until a local teenager is found brutally murdered in the Settlement, the town's historic archaeological site. Alex Brangwen, adjusting to life as a single father with a failed career as a novelist, is the town's sole detective. This is his first murder case and, as both a parent and detective, Alex knows the people of Granite Harbor are looking to him to catch...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
It was his first big murder case and one of the bloodiest and most violent crimes LAPD detective Danny McGuire would ever encounter. Andrew Jakes, an elderly multimillionaire art dealer, had been brutally murdered in his Hollywood home, his lifeless body tied to his naked young wife. Raped and beaten, the lovely Angela Jakes had barely survived the attack herself. Gazing into her deep, soulful eyes, Danny swore that he'd find the psychopath behind...
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Dexter books volume 7
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Description
A Hollywood star shadows Dexter Morgan to perfect his role and gets more than he bargained for. Dexter favorite hobby is tracking down the worst killers and introducing them to his own brand of playtime.
418) The girl in 6E
Author
Series
Deanna Madden novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"I haven't touched a human in three years. That seems like it would be a difficult task, but it's not. Not anymore, thanks to the internet. I am, quite possibly, the most popular recluse ever. Not many shut-ins have a 200-member fan club, a bank account in the seven-figure range, and hundreds of men lining up to pay for undivided attention. They get satisfaction, I get a distraction. Their secret desires are nothing compared to why I hide... my...
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Series
Lucas Davenport volume 18
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A widow comes home to her large house in a wealthy, exclusive suburb to find blood everywhere, no body,and her collegeaged daughter missing. She¿ always known that her daughter ran with a bad bunch. What did she call them, Goths? Freaks is more like it, running around with all that makeup and black clothing, listening to that awful music, so attracted to death. And now this.
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Series
Dog lover's mysteries (Susan Conant) volume 16
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
On the eve of her wedding, dog trainer Holly Winter investigates the crimes of a serial killer who targets female dog lovers, a case complicated by Holly's discovery that she may be next on the killer's list of potential victims.