Category: psychopath
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, friendship, grief, hostage, kidnapping, love, murder, obsession, psychopath, review, serial killer, stalker, thriller
Death Isn’t Enough by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #1
Noa Morgan worked hard to put the past and Emily behind her. Not that she remembers much about the forty days she spent in captivity. When Noa realises she is being stalked, she knows it’s him. Despite everything she’s done, he’s found her. And now he’s killing innocent women, leaving an item at each crime scene still vivid in her memory. With the body … Read More Death Isn’t Enough by Mariëtte Whitcomb Death Trilogy #1
+ crime fiction, fiction, grief, kidnapping, loss, murder, obsession, psychopath, review, serial killer, sisters, thriller
The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard
It’s the nightmare scenario that every girl is warned about, and she knows the dangers all too well – but what other choice does she have? As they drive, she alternates between fear and relief – one moment thinking he is just a good man doing a good thing, the next convinced he’s a monster. But when he delivers her safely to her destination, … Read More The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard
+ crime fiction, family, fiction, folklore, friendship, lies, love, murder, psychopath, relationships, review, secrets, serial killer, thriller
Killing Jericho by William Hussey
Murder this twisted demands a new kind of detective. Fresh out of prison, former Detective Constable Scott Jericho is a desperate man. Disgraced and penniless after his assault on a violent suspect, he is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected. Now, troubled by his failure, Jericho’s brilliant mind stagnates. That is until a series of bizarre murders reawaken his … Read More Killing Jericho by William Hussey
+ child abuse, childhood, crime fiction, family, fiction, mental illness, motherhood, murder, psychopath, review, secrets, split personality, thriller
The Bone House (Slayton Thrillers #3) by Caroline Mitchell
When hundreds of birds fall from the sky into Slayton’s lake in a terrifying freak event, the waters are dredged – revealing a dark, long-held secret. An old pram is pulled from the depths, with the bones of a baby still strapped inside. It’s the moment that new mother, Cora, has been dreading since she moved to Slayton – because someone knows, and is going … Read More The Bone House (Slayton Thrillers #3) by Caroline Mitchell
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The Skull Keeper by Mariëtte Whitcomb
Best friends on social media, Allysa and Morgan share a love of three things: thriller novels, true crime, and keeping secrets from each other. As soon as Allysa asks Morgan to be her plus one at a funeral, Morgan jumps on the first available flight. Burying the dead might unearth the truth about what happened to Allysa’s brother twenty years earlier. She’s never believed … Read More The Skull Keeper by Mariëtte Whitcomb
+ brothers, crime fiction, Detective novel, Edinburgh, fiction, kidnapping, murder, police corruption, police drama, police procedural, prostitution, psychopath, revenge, review, Scotland, thriller, trafficking
Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
Hunter by name – Hunter by nature. Can DI Hunter Wilson keep Edinburgh safe when he is the hunted? Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is woken in the early hours of the morning by a call from his son. Cameron’s flatmate has been murdered. Why would anybody want to kill a young woman recently arrived in the city? #HuntersForce @valeriepenny @SpellBoundBks @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours Hunter must call in … Read More Hunter’s Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) by Val Penny
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Speaking Daggers by Lloyd Rees
There’s a killer on the loose on the streets of Swansea and they are leaving clues. Detective Inspector Gus Reid and his team have a gruesome murder on their hands but there are no suspects and no obvious motive. All they have to go on is a series of literary quotations that appear like graffiti on walls throughout the city. Can Gus’ daughter, an … Read More Speaking Daggers by Lloyd Rees
+ abuse, child abuse, childhood, fiction, Historical fiction, lies, Mallorca, mystery, narcissist, obsession, psychopath, rape, review, secrets, spanish civil war
The Silk Pavilion by Sarah Walton
Lucy’s on assignment. The wild reclusive writer awaits her arrival in his Mallorcan home. She wants the story of his life. He wants her to become part of it. Villa Rosa hides a dark secret. Beneath Deià’s sunny olive groves are the bodies of a generation. Spain’s unearthed shadow entwines with Lucy’s as her own skeletons start to rattle out of her closet. Will … Read More The Silk Pavilion by Sarah Walton
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The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler
IF YOU SEE HIS REFLECTION IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE . . . Seventeen-year-old Jenny is abducted in broad daylight and taken to a dilapidated, isolated house where she is chained and caged along with several other girls. Their captor is unpredictable, and as wily as he is cruel: he foils every one of their desperate attempts to escape . . . and once caught … Read More The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler
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