Mostly Serial Killers with some multiple murders
Discover the best serial killer fiction and true crime novels, featuring thrillers by Tess Gerritsen, James Patterson, and Agatha Christie—a curated booklist of multiple murder mysteries.
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Picture Me Dead
by Heather Graham
Picture Me Dead by Heather Graham released on Feb 22, 2003 is available now for purchase.
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Land of the Living
by Nicci French
Escaping from an unknown kidnapper, badly beaten and retaining no memory of what happened to her, Abbie Devereaux is unable to get local authorities to believe that she was kidnapped and sets out to confront her attacker.
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The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
Dr. Catherine Cordell, recovering from a brutal attack and hiding her fear behind a mask of professionalism, is the only one who can stop a psychotic killer known as "The Surgeon," due to his horrific methods of murder, before he kills again. Reissue.
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The Man with a Load of Mischief
by Martha Grimes
Inspector Richard Jury is dispatched to Long Piddleton, Northants, to help solve many murders.
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A Thin Dark Line
by Tami Hoag
Follows the struggle of Louisiana investigator Annie Broussard to bring to justice the killer of a young woman, a quest that allies her with a shady, volatile fellow detective.
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Dust to Dust
by Tami Hoag
The killing of an Internal Affairs cop draws veteran detective Sam Kovac and his young female partner, Nikki, into the disturbing and vexing case.
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A Perfect Evil
by Alex Kava
Still reeling from the effects of her last case, FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell arrives in Platte City, Nebraska determined to help catch a potential copycat kidnapper who murders young boys.
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1st to Die
by James Patterson
Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered-before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.
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Deja Dead
by Kathy Reichs
See where the smash #1 New York Times bestselling Temperance Brennan “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained” (The New York Times) series all began with Deja Dead, the first installment from forensic anthropologist and internationally bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs. Her life is devoted to justice—for those she never even knew. In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern—and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her—her best friend and her own daughter—in mortal danger...
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Monkeewrench
by P. J. Tracy
Haunted by a series of horrifying and violent episodes in their past, Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her software company, Monkeewrench, create a computer game where the killer is always caught, where the good guys always win. But their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life, down to the last detail. By the time the police realize what's happening, three people are dead, and with seventeen more murder scenarios available online, there are seventeen more potential victims. While the authorities scramble to find the killer in a city paralyzed by fear, the Monkeewrench staff are playing their own game, analyzing victim profiles in a frantic attempt to discover the murderer's next target. In a thriller populated by characters both hilarious and heartbreaking, a rural Wisconsin sheriff, two Minneapolis police detectives, and Grace's gang are caught in a web of decades-old secrets that could get them all killed.
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Now You See Me
by Tina Wainscott
When Olivia Howe, a blind psychic, experiences a vision of a girl being kidnapped, she turns to the police, only to be rebuffed. Knowing they have a limited time to find the girl, Olivia appeals to Detective Max Callahan, the one man in Palomera, Florida, police department who is willing to listen.
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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
One by one, the guests arrived at the mansion on Indian Island, summoned by a mysterious host. And one by one, with terrifying meticulousness, they were stalked by a cunning murderer. Utterly baffling...and yet there was a pattern, concealed in a nursery rhyme hanging over the fireplace.