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Psycho Killer Booklist
Page Modified: June 1, 2007
Psycho Killer,
Qu'est-ce que c'est.
A list of books, many of which received at least one starred review (indicating a work of unusual merit) from the following review sources: Booklist (BL), Publisher's Weekly (PW), Kirkus, and Library Journal (LJ). Additional titles of interest may be included on this list. Titles are alphabetically by author.
Annotations are from Advance, the Ingram Book Magazine, unless noted.- River of Darkness
Author: Airth, Rennie
Publisher: Viking Price: $ 23.95 ISBN: 0670885959 Date: 1999
Kirkus
PW
A powerful debut novel set in rural England just after World War I. Sent by Scotland Yard to investigate a murderous attack in a small Surrey village, Inspector John Madden sets out to identify and capture the killer--a demented former soldier with a bloody past. - Darkness Peering
Author: Blanchard, Alice
Publisher: Bantam List Price: $ 23.95 ISBN: 0553111531 Date: 1999
Kirkus
Library Journal
For Police Chief Nalen Storrow, the murder of teenager Melissa D'Agostino is a shocking reminder of everything he'd tried to put behind him when he moved his family to small-town Maine. And as Storrow searches for the truth about Melissa's death, a chilling possibility awaits: He will have to interrogate his son, Billy, as a suspect.
Suggested Reading: Serial Killers - Beneath the Skin
Author: French, Nicci
Publisher: Mysterious $ 24.995 ISBN: 0892967269 Date: 2000
Booklist
Joe, Jenny, and Nadia each receive a note stating they will be killed. A cruel joke? The police don't think so, but with no clear suspect amid the growing threat of violence, the victims become the accused.
Updated 4/17/00. - The Art of Breaking Glass
Author: Hall, Matthew
Publisher: Little, Brown List Price: $23.95 ISBN: 0316339245 Date: 1997
PW
Booklist
Kirkus
A breakthrough thriller starring a charismatic urban vigilante and the woman who inspires his greatest, most shattering revenge scheme ever, The Art of Breaking Glass plunges readers into a cunning game of cat and mouse that keeps them guessing right up to the last page. "A totally unique, action-packed, extremely well-written humdinger of a thriller" - James Patterson.
Suggested Reading: Serial Killers - 24 Hours
Author: Iles, Greg
Publisher: Putnam $ 23.95 ISBN: 0399146245 Date: 2000
PW
The bestselling author of Mortal Fear and The Quiet Game crafts the story of a psychopathic kidnapper who has perfected the unbeatable crime - man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. But this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings.
Suggested Reading: Serial Killers
Updated 7/26/00 - The Analyst
Author: Katzenbach, John
Publisher: Ballantine $ 25 ISBN: 0345426266 Date: 2002
Kirkus
Library Journal
On the brink of a month-long August vacation, Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, receives a mysterious, threatening letter. The unknown tormentor then lethally begins demonstrating the potential of his (or her) threats. In a race against time, Dr. Starks suddenly finds himself at the mercy of a psychopath's revenge.
Updated 11/6/01 - Stone Kiss
Author: Kellerman, Faye
Publisher: Warner $ 25.95 ISBN: 0446530387 Date: 2002
PW
Rina Lazarus has some shocking news for her husband, LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker. A horrible murder has occurred in the family. Thrust into a maze of deceit, lies, and danger, the couple can't trust anyone, and when salvation is within Decker's grasp, it can only be delivered by a depraved lone wolf, hell-bent on his own personal vengeance.
Updated 7.3.02 - Monster
Author: Kellerman, Jonathan
Publisher: Random List Price: $ 25.95 ISBN: 067945960x Date: 1999
Booklist
PW
Alex Delaware is back in a riveting and devilishly ingenious story about an asylum inmate who seems able to foresee grisly slayings. How can a nonfunctional psychotic locked up in a supposedly secure institution for homicidal madmen predict brutal murders in the outside world? This is the enigma that Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis must penetrate in order to put a stop to a series of horrific killings.
- The Hundredth Man
Author: Kerley, Jack
Publisher: Dutton $ 23.95 ISBN: 052594821x Date: 2004
Booklist
Kirkus
LJ
Recalling Michael Connelly's taut storytelling and James Patterson's searing narrative twists, Kerley creates a world where heroes can't succeed without madmen, and the dead are the most dangerous of all.
Link: The Hundredth Man web site
Suggested Reading: Serial Killers
Updated 4.20.04 - Prayers For Rain
Author: Lehane, Dennis
Publisher: Morrow Price: $ 25 ISBN: 068815333x Date: 1999
PW
Kirkus
Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's relationship has hit the skids. Despite their problems, however, the pair is reunited to close down a predator whose method of killing seems to put him beyond the law: he drives his victims to commit suicide.
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