Best Serial Killer Thrillers Books
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1. Later
Author: by Stephen King
Published at: Hard Case Crime (March 2, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1789096491
Part detective tale, part thrillertouching and genuine. The New York Times #1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood.
But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.
2. Faithless in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, 52)
Author: by J. D. Robb
Published at: St. Martin's Press (February 9, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1250272744
In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb, what looked like a lover’s quarrel turned fatal has largerand more terrifyingmotives behind itThe scene in the West Village studio appears to be classic crime-of-passion: two wineglasses by the bed, music playing, and a young sculptor named Ariel Byrd with the back of her head bashed in.
But when Dallas tracks down the wealthy Upper East Side woman who called 911, the details don’t add up. Gwen Huffman is wealthy, elegant, comforted by her handsome fianc as she sheds tears over the trauma of finding the bodybut why did it take an hour to report it?
And why is she lying about little things? As Eve and her team look into Gwen, her past, and the people around her, they find that the lies are about more than murder. As with sculpture, they need to chip away at the layers of deception to find the shape withinand soon they’re getting the FBI involved in a case that involves a sinister, fanatical group and a stunning criminal conspiracy.
3. The Russian (Michael Bennett, 13)
Author: by James Patterson
Published at: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (January 25, 2021)
ISBN: 978-0316420389
A serial killer crashes Detective Michael Bennett’s wedding. Weeks before NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is to marry his longtime love, Mary Catherine, an assassin announces his presence in the city with a string of grisly murders. Each victim is a young woman.
And each has been killed in a manner as precise as it was gruesome. Tasked with working alongside the FBI, Bennett and his gung-ho new partner uncover multiple cold-case homicides across the country that fit the same distinctive pattern – proving the perpetrator they seek is as experienced at ending lives as he is at evading detection.
Bennett promises Mary Catherine that the case won’t affect their upcoming wedding. But as Bennett prepares to make a lifetime commitment, the killer has a lethal vow of his own to fulfill.
4. 21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club, 21)
Author: by James Patterson
Published at: Little, Brown and Company (May 3, 2021)
ISBN: 978-0316499347
Detective Lindsay Boxer vows to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday. When young wife and mother Tara Burke goes missing with her baby girl, all eyes are on her husband, Lucas.
He paints her not as a missing person but a wayward wifeuntil a gruesome piece of evidence turns the investigation criminal. While Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas pursues the story and M.E. Claire Washburn harbors theories that run counter to the SFPD’s, ADA Yuki Castellano sizes Lucas up as a textbook domestic offender …
Who suddenly puts forward an unexpected suspect. If what Lucas tells law enforcement has even a grain of truth, there isn’t a woman in the state of California who’s safe from the reach of an unspeakable threat.
5. Daylight (An Atlee Pine Thriller, 3)
Author: by David Baldacci
Published at: Grand Central Publishing (November 17, 2020)
ISBN: 978-1538761694
In this gripping mystery, an FBI Agent’s search for her sister clashes with a military investigator’s high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracyfrom which neither of them will escape unscathed. For many long years, Atlee Pine was tormented by uncertainty after her twin sister, Mercy, was abducted at the age of six and never seen again.
Now, just as Atlee is pressured to end her investigation into Mercy’s disappearance, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet: the identity of her sister’s kidnapper, Ito Vincenzo. With time running out, Atlee and her assistant Carol Blum race to Vincenzo’s last known location in Trenton, New Jerseyand unknowingly stumble straight into John Puller’s case, blowing his arrest during a drug ring investigation involving a military installation.
Stunningly, Pine and Puller’s joint investigation uncovers a connection between Vincenzo’s family and a breathtaking scheme that strikes at the very heart of global democracy. Peeling back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups, Atlee finally discovers the truth about what happened to Mercy.
6. Joyland (Hard Case Crime)
Author: by Stephen King
Published at: Hard Case Crime; 1st edition (June 4, 2013)
ISBN: 978-1781162644
A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME! The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.”I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.
That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being.
Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.” Stephen King
7. 20th Victim (Women's Murder Club, 20)
Author: by James Patterson
Published at: James Patterson – GCP (February 16, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1538715468
Sergeant Lindsay Boxer tackles an ambitious case that spans San Francisco, L.A., and Chicago in this pulse-pounding thriller of “smart characters” and “shocking twists” (Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters’ aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection.
When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As the casualty list expands, fear and fascination with this suspicious shooting gallery galvanizes the country.
The victims were no angels, but are the shooters villains …Or heroes?
8. Troubled Blood (A Cormoran Strike Novel, 5)
Author: by Robert Galbraith
Published at: Mulholland Books; Illustrated edition (September 15, 2020)
ISBN: 978-0316498937
A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamboroughwho went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on.
And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted.
And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly …
9. Watching You: A Novel
Author: by Lisa Jewell
Published at: Atria Books; Reprint edition (August 6, 2019)
ISBN: 978-1501190087
Quickly and assuredly, Jewell builds an ecosystem of countervailing suspicionsTricky, clever, unexpected. New York Times Book Review Brace yourself as Jewell stacks up the secrets, then lights a long, slow fuse. People A seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama.A.J.
Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The instant New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Then She Was Gone delivers another suspenseful page-turner about a shocking murder in a picturesque and well-to-do English town, perfect for fans of Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, and Luckiest Girl Alive (Library Journal).
You’re back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow. You’re keen to find a place of your own. But for now, you’re crashing in your big brother’s spare room. That’s when you meet the man next door.
He’s the head teacher at the local school.Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him.All the time. But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession. Or that someone is watching you.
10. Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy, 3)
Author: by Michael Connelly
Published at: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (February 2, 2021)
ISBN: 978-1538736333
The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radaruntil now.
Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he’s ever encountered.
Jack investigatesagainst the warnings of the police and his own editorand makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets.
Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he’s ready to strike. Terrifying and unputdownable, Fair Warning shows once again why “Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers” (Chicago Sun-Times).
11. The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel
Author: by Christopher Greyson
Published at: Greyson Media Associates (August 14, 2018)
ISBN: 978-1683993056
Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered.One girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she’s crazy. Her therapist thinks she’s suicidal. Everyone else thinks she’s a dangerous drunk. They’re all right-but did she see the killer?
As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be-her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor’s guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction.
Finding no solace at the bottom of a bottle, Faith decides to track down her sister’s killer-and then discovers that she’s the one being hunted. How can one woman uncover the truth when everyone’s a suspect-including herself? From the mind of Wall Street Journal bestselling author Christopher Greyson comes a story with twists and turns that take the reader to the edge of madness.
The Girl Who Lived should come with a warning label: once you start reading, you won’t be able to stop. Not since Girl on the Train and Gone Girl has a psychological thriller kept readers so addicted-and guessing right until the last page.
12. Dead Woman Crossing: A totally heart-stopping crime thriller (Detective Kimberley King)
Author: by J.R. Adler
Published at: Bookouture (September 18, 2020)
ISBN: 978-1838887292
She threw open the door, running to the crib. When she looked inside, she gasped. The world around her went silent. Inside, there was nothing but a small stuffed elephant.Where was her baby? When young, single mother Hannah is found murdered by the banks of a twisting Oklahoma creek, her one-year-old daughter sleeping in a stroller near her body, the small town of Dead Woman Crossing reels in horror.
Detective Kimberley King, recently relocated from New York to Oklahoma, with her young daughter Jessica, can’t ignore the similarity of Hannah’s death to the case of Katie James, the woman that the town of Dead Woman Crossing is named after.
Katie was murdered in front of her small daughter in 1905, on the banks of the same creek, and it seems that someone is drawing inspiration from the crime. Could this killer be a copycat? But as she interviews suspects, Kimberley is met with blank faces and closed lips.
In a small town, people won’t talk and when she pursues a promising lead, her own family turn their back on her. Kimberley isn’t afraid to ask questions, but when she receives a threatening note, she realises that, as a single mother to a young daughter, she might be putting herself dangerously in the killer’s sights A gripping, atmospheric crime thriller inspired by true events, about a town on the edge of collapse and a murder that shakes the community.
13. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Author: by Grady Hendrix
Published at: Quirk Books (April 7, 2020)
ISBN: 978-1683691433
The New York Times Best SellerA Barnes & Noble Best Fiction Book of 2020A Goodreads Choice Awards FinalistSteel Magnolias meets Dracula in this ’90s-set horror novel about a women’s book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town, perfect for murderinos and fans of Stephen King.
Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime.
At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor’s handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life.
James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt.The real problem?
14. Shadows in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, 51)
Author: by J. D. Robb
Published at: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 29, 2020)
ISBN: 978-1250207258
In Shadows in Death, the new novel in Nora Roberts’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous pastWhile Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he’s known since his younger days on the streets of Dublin.
A man who claims to be his half brother. A man who kills for a livingand who burns with hatred for him. Eve is quick to suspect that the victim’s spouseresentful over his wife’s affair and poised to inherit her fortunewould have happily paid an assassin to do his dirty work.
Roarke is just as quick to warn her that if Lorcan Cobbe is the hitman, she needs to be careful. Law enforcement agencies worldwide have pursued this cold-hearted killer for years, to no avail. And his lazy smirk when he looked Roarke’s way indicates that he will target anyone who matters to Roarkeand is confident he’ll get away with it.
Eve is desperate to protect Roarke. Roarke is desperate to protect Eve. And together, they’re determined to find Cobbe before he finds themeven if it takes them across the Atlantic, far outside Eve’s usual jurisdiction
