Serial Killer Psychological Thrillers

Venus, a wife and true crime vlogger, ferociously pursues the dark, disturbing mystery behind a series of vicious slayings in her small town of St. Devil. Who are the victims? The women in her family, people she dearly loved—brutally murdered at the hands of a mysterious serial killer. She suspects that her own father may very well be this serial killer, but nothing is as it seems. The neighbor, her brother-in-law, and people very close to her have their fair share of dark secrets and shocking lies.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LIED? The first lie: MONSTERS DON’T EXIST. When the body of a man is discovered in the Boston Common, Martina finds herself entering a horrific nightmare. She discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of ancient methods of persecution being carried out by a Puritan-indoctrinated serial killer who believes the devil walks among us. The second lie: YOU WOULD KNOW A MONSTER IF YOU SAW ONE. After the first victim is dismissed as gang-related, Martina fears there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her instincts are soon proven correct when another...

She’s chasing a killer. And he knows exactly how to tear her apart. When a third woman goes missing in the rustbelt town of Shadow Bay, Chief of Police Shauna Peterson faces a brutal truth. A predator is hunting in her backyard, and the victims are getting closer to home. The town wants answers. The state police want control. And Shauna’s daughter, Emma, is slipping away. Then the latest body turns up, stitched with a red thread, deliberate and methodical, unmistakably personal. Is a serial killer stalking the frozen streets of Shadow Bay?

FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history. Thrust into a mystery that has confounded law enforcement for decades, she proves to be an unexpectedly formidable "player"—and might finally end the deadly game once and for all.

Damon Williams is a bull-riding legend—famous, fearless, and built like a battering ram. But beneath the swagger lives something feral. His rage is volcanic. His mind, fractured. And when it erupts, young women vanish. Each act is deliberate. Each aftermath, disturbing. The Furious Bull isn’t hiding. He’s performing. And the show is just beginning. Juliette, once Ray’s partner, now leads the hunt on her home turf. She’s seen violence before—but nothing like this. Damon doesn’t just kill. He dominates. Arthur returns—brilliant, detached, and unflinching. Together, they ...

Twenty years of secrets. One night of reckoning. Criminal profiler Dr. Edith Ward thought returning to her hometown of Bain Island would offer a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a nightmare when a series of brutal murders rocks the small community, eerily connected to a twenty-year-old cold case. Teaming up with Sheriff Devon James, Edith must confront the ghosts of her past while racing to catch a killer. As she delves deeper into the investigation, Edith realizes the murders are hitting closer to home than she ever imagined. With her unique insight into the criminal ...

A killer from his past threatens his future. Will a decade-long chase end in justice or disaster? Special Agent Aidan O’Reilly is haunted by the one that got away. And even after another year of silence, he still can’t shake his failure to nail the sociopathic madman responsible for over fifty shocking murders. But his guilt becomes a shot at redemption when the murderer returns, naming the detective in a personal note pinned to a fresh kill. With meticulously clean crime scenes and a nosy reporter on the loose, O’Reilly and his new partner scramble to uncover the next target’s ...

Branded by betrayal, fueled by revenge—I’m back to destroy the brother who banished me. The Castiglione name once ruled the Midwest mafia, but Saverio erased me like I never existed. Five years in exile only sharpened my hunger for vengeance. Now, I’ll burn his empire to the ground—but I need the most dangerous weapon I can find: Raiden Drake. Raiden’s the Destroyers’ enforcer, a ruthless man who bends rules and breaks bones. He doesn’t take orders, but he does take control—of everything. My body. My mind. My soul. And once he claims them, there’s no turning back. They say...

Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology, an expert in human behavior with her own hidden past. But she's not the only one keeping secrets. When Sheila began an affair with her sexy graduate assistant Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, she was riddled with guilt when they were apart. Now she's finally engaged to a good man, and it's time to end the dangerous liaison. But Ethan has something different in mind. He intends to make her pay for rejecting him.

Sometimes the darkest mysteries are homegrown. When Zephyr Nelson returns home to look after her ailing mother, she discovers that her younger brother, Cotter, has become obsessed with a malevolent influencer on a mysterious voice app. Just as a series of puzzling deaths begin plaguing their small town of Sugarland. With the help of her college best friend and occasional lover, Teddy, Zephyr unravels truths about Sugarland that are impossible for her to accept ...

A frozen lake…Cold-Blooded Murder. A powerful man is found dead in his fish house on a frozen Minnesota lake, murdered, stabbed to death. His employees, family, and the local sheriff, all seem happy to have him gone - all except his personal assistant. With his death she is now forced to do something she thought she would never have to do, reveal secrets that will destroy the careers and lives of many - including a man set on being the next governor of the state. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Agent Danny Carlisle has been given the assignment, her first as a lead agent, and ...

A fifteen year old dead body, with a note in its throat. What does this mean for Detective Robin Matthews?Here is what reader are saying about The Robin Matthews Series: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Now I’m scared to close my eyes lol. This was awesome and really kept me guessing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is just WOW. It is intense. The writing gets you heart rate up. The characters are outstanding. This one wept me on the edge of my seat. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really wild series! Definitely, “More Mayhem, More People Killed!” I don’t think I have ever read a story with a more fierce killer. ⭐⭐...

When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “...

He has to catch a serial murderer who knows his deadly secret. A year after a cunning serial killer slaughtered Detective Hudson's daughter, Liz, a man named Ed Roth confesses to the murder to an informant. For some reason, Hudson is convinced Roth is lying. Why did Roth confess to a murder he didn't commit? What's his agenda? Is Hudson wrong about Roth? When another woman is killed the same way as Liz, Roth becomes the prime suspect. Despite all their efforts, detectives find no evidence linking him to the crime. They try to get him to confess on tape but fail. As he digs into Roth’s ...

Return of the Spider is the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling series debut that introduced Detective Alex Cross, “the real deal, a character who matters” (Rolling Stone). The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed...

An actress murdered on the beach. A wellness cult with deadly secrets. And a wedding day that might never come. Emmy-nominated actress Emilia Cruz leaves the Screen Actors Guild Awards in a couture gown and a limousine. Hours later, her mutilated body is found in the sand near the breaking Pacific waves. Detective Kaitlyn Carr is called to the scene of the most high-profile murder of her career. The press is watching. The studio is demanding answers. And the clock is ticking. Two suspects emerge: Emilia's obsessive high school boyfriend who flew in from Iowa, and the enigmatic leader of a ...

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller. Recently ghosted and sick of watching her...

A yearning to be free... Katherine was just nineteen when she met Basil Duckworth. He was charismatic, worldly, and impossible to resist as he spoke of freedom, adventure, and a life lived beyond the ordinary. With no hesitation, young and somewhat naive Katherine left everything behind and ran off with Basil, believing she had found the man of her dreams. For a while, it felt like the right choice. As they travelled from place to place chasing Basil's musical career, there were nights filled with laughter, stolen kisses under starlit skies, and promises whispered like prayers. But slowly, ...

Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the odds and built for herself the perfect life, complete with beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a job she loves. Then a policeman appears at Anna’s door: her estranged brother Henry is a wanted serial killer, and the police need Anna’s help to catch him before he strikes again. When an envelope turns up on her doorstep, Anna suddenly finds herself caught in a sick game. One that she remembers all too well from childhood – one that, this time, she must win at all costs.

The dead don’t always stay buried. Maribeth thought the cabin deep in the woods would keep her safe—isolated from the memories clawing at her mind, from the screams she still hears at night. A detective once obsessed with hunting killers, she now lives among shadows, broken by the brutal murder of her family. Every creak of the floorboards, every whisper of the trees feels like her past reaching out to claim her. Then she finds the body. A woman left for her in the forest. The corpse bears the same face as her dead daughter, the same carved mark upon her chest. It’s impossible, and ...