Psycho Killer Booklist

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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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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.
    Suggested Reading: Serial Killers
    Updated 4.20.04
  • Prayers For Rain
    Author: Lehane, Dennis
    Publisher: Morrow Price: $ 25 ISBN: 068815333x Date: 1999
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    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.