Tag: kidnapping

Hunting Evil by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #10)

‘Every story one day comes to an end.’ As roommates, they met for the first time in college. Two of the brightest minds ever to graduate from Stamford Psychology University. As adversaries, they met again in Quantico, Virginia. Robert Hunter had become the head of the LAPD’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit. Lucien Folter had become the most prolific and dangerous serial killer the FBI … Read More Hunting Evil by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #10)

Behind A Locked Door by Sarah A Denzil

She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same. When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame. As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, … Read More Behind A Locked Door by Sarah A Denzil

Gallery Of The Dead by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #9)

‘Thirty-seven years in the force, and if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind, what’s inside that room would be it.’ That’s what a LAPD Lieutenant tells Detectives Hunter and Garcia of the Ultra Violent Crimes Unit as they arrive at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended.  #GalleryoftheDead X/Twitter #ChrisCarter @simonschusteruk @Tr4cyF3nt0n #booktwitter Instagram @chriscarterbooksofficial @simonschusteruk  … Read More Gallery Of The Dead by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #9)

I am Death by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #7)

Seven days after being abducted, the body of a twenty-year-old woman is found on a green patch of grass by the Los Angeles International Airport. She has been left with her limbs stretched out and spread apart, placing her in a five-point human star. The autopsy reveals that she had been murdered in a most terrible way. But the surprises don’t end there. #IAmDeath X/Twitter #ChrisCarter … Read More I am Death by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #7)

The Young Mermaid by Adam D. Searle Illustrated by Emily Searle

When a young boy endangers himself to save a mermaid, he never could have imagined the unexpected result of his actions. Genre: Children’s fiction ages 4-8 YearsPages: 15 It turns out one good deed deserves another. My Review When Douglas Ridge, who was very, very mean, captures a mermaid with the darkest hair and the greenest eyes that the young boy had ever seen, he boasts … Read More The Young Mermaid by Adam D. Searle Illustrated by Emily Searle

An Evil Mind by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #6)

A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff’s Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery. A serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years. The suspect claims he is a pawn in a huge labyrinth of lies and deception … Read More An Evil Mind by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #6)

The Other Boy by Heidi Field

When the worst comes calling… Scott and Blair Bagby are a happy, successful English couple living in the suburbs with their teenage son and Great Dane. Life seems good, until one beautiful spring morning when a detective inspector knocks on their door asking if their son is home, unleashing an unspeakable horror that blows apart the life they thought they had. Police have discovered … Read More The Other Boy by Heidi Field

One By One by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #5)

‘I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?’ Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD’s Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address – a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins. But the caller doesn’t want Detective Hunter to just watch, he wants him to participate, and refusal … Read More One By One by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #5)

The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #4)

‘Good job you didn’t turn on the lights …’ A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless – Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the … Read More The Death Sculptor by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #4)

The Mistake by MJ Arlidge and Lisa Hall

In this family, everyone is telling lies. Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn’t got pregnant, he would never have done what he did. Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival of Erin. Life with Pete and their two other children – Emily and Zadie – has been balancing on a knife-edge. … Read More The Mistake by MJ Arlidge and Lisa Hall

The Night Stalker by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #3)

An unidentified female body is brought into the Los Angeles County morgue. The cause of death is still unclear. Her body bares no marks; except for the fact that her most intimate parts have been stitched shut. But what shocks the pathologist the most is that the killer had left something inside her. Something so monstrous Detective Robert Hunter, of the Los Angeles Homicide … Read More The Night Stalker by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #3)

The Executioner by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #2)

Imagine your worst fear – and then meet your worst nightmare… Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned, legs stretched out, arms crossed over the chest, the most horrifying thing of all is that the priest’s head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later, the forensic team discover that, on … Read More The Executioner by Chris Carter (Robert Hunter #2)