🔪 Spree Killer

Chilling accounts of individuals who commit multiple murders across locations in rapid succession, examining the psychology and circumstances behind sudden, explosive violence.

Full Brutal

by Kristopher Triana • 2018

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

3.93

4k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

Full Brutal 88%

When a cheerleader seduces her teacher, his shame becomes an addiction she'll kill to feed.

by Kristopher Triana 2018

3.93

4k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🔪 Female Psychopath 🤰 Pregnancy Horror

A Need to Kill

by Mark Pettit • 1990

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

3.88

339

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator 🌾 Small Town Terror ⚖️ Death Penalty Debate

A Need to Kill 88%

A paperboy's abduction in Nebraska sparks a hunt for a serial child killer hiding as a scoutmaster.

by Mark Pettit 1990

3.88

339 ratings

🧒 Serial Child Murders 🔍 Criminal Profiling 😈 Hidden Predator 🌾 Small Town Terror ⚖️ Death Penalty Debate

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Fourth Monkey 88%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Violence Project

by Jillian Peterson • 2021

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

4.45

1k+

🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🆘 Crisis Intervention 🦠 Social Contagion

The Violence Project 88%

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

by Jillian Peterson 2021

4.45

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🆘 Crisis Intervention 🦠 Social Contagion

The Gates of Janus

by Ian Brady • 2001

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

3.61

511

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

The Gates of Janus 88%

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

by Ian Brady 2001

3.61

511 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

199k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Billy Summers 88%

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021

4.18

199k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure ✍️ Writer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Anatomy of Motive

by John E. Douglas • 1999

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

4.18

7k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology 💥 Violent Crime 🔎 Murder Investigation

The Anatomy of Motive 88%

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

by John E. Douglas 1999

4.18

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology 💥 Violent Crime 🔎 Murder Investigation

Too Old for This

by Samantha Downing • 2025

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

3.78

56k+

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 📺 True Crime Culture 😈 Unrepentant Narrator

Too Old for This 88%

A true-crime producer wants to clear a serial killer's name. The killer would rather she didn't.

by Samantha Downing 2025

3.78

56k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Pov 👵 Geriatric Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 📺 True Crime Culture 😈 Unrepentant Narrator

No Mercy

by Blake Pierce • 2022

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

4.02

4k+

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

No Mercy 87%

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

by Blake Pierce 2022

4.02

4k+ ratings

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

Confessions Of A Cannibal

by Robert Keller • 2015

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

3.99

374

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

Confessions Of A Cannibal 87%

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

by Robert Keller 2015

3.99

374 ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

The Best New True Crime Stories

by Mitzi Szereto • 2020

A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.

3.29

340

🏘️ Small Town Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🍖 Cannibalism 📚 True Crime Anthology

The Best New True Crime Stories 87%

A German village, a cannibal forum, and the volunteer who agreed to be eaten.

by Mitzi Szereto 2020

3.29

340 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🍖 Cannibalism 📚 True Crime Anthology

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 87%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry • 1987

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

3.87

2k+

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

The Ultimate Evil 87%

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

by Maury Terry 1987

3.87

2k+ ratings

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Senseless 87%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Order of Assassins

by Colin Wilson • 1972

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

3.69

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology 👊 Psychology Of Violence 🏙️ Modern Alienation

Order of Assassins 87%

Violence as self-fulfillment: how stagnation and passivity breed the modern assassin.

by Colin Wilson 1972

3.69

64 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Psychological True Crime 💭 Existential Psychology 👊 Psychology Of Violence 🏙️ Modern Alienation

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Yellow 87%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Think Twice

by Harlan Coben • 2024

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

4.22

53k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

Think Twice 87%

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

by Harlan Coben 2024

4.22

53k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Dexter in the Dark 87%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Dearly Devoted Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2005

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

3.87

57k+

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

Dearly Devoted Dexter 87%

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

by Jeff Lindsay 2005

3.87

57k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

Satan's Affair

by H.D. Carlton • 2021

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

3.71

156k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror ⛪ Cult Trauma 👧 Female Killer

Satan's Affair 87%

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

by H.D. Carlton 2021

3.71

156k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror ⛪ Cult Trauma 👧 Female Killer

Hidden Bodies

by Caroline Kepnes • 2016

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

3.75

94k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

Hidden Bodies 87%

Robbed by a lover, a bookseller follows her to Hollywood, where someone even more consuming awaits.

by Caroline Kepnes 2016

3.75

94k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Murder Couple

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

by Shailee Thompson • 2026

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

3.72

27k+

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates 87%

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

by Shailee Thompson 2026

3.72

27k+ ratings

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

The Fifth to Die

by J.D. Barker • 2018

A frozen girl, a missing teen, a diary of lies: a detective hunts two killers.

4.32

45k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👁️ Killer's Perspective 🎯 Cat And Mouse Game 💔 Grieving Detective

The Fifth to Die 87%

A frozen girl, a missing teen, a diary of lies: a detective hunts two killers.

by J.D. Barker 2018

4.32

45k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👁️ Killer's Perspective 🎯 Cat And Mouse Game 💔 Grieving Detective

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Olivia 87%

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pure Murder

by Corey Mitchell • 2008

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

3.97

1k+

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights 🔍 Criminal Investigations 📜 Legal Precedent

Pure Murder 87%

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

by Corey Mitchell 2008

3.97

1k+ ratings

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights 🔍 Criminal Investigations 📜 Legal Precedent

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood 87%

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Run for Your Life

by James Patterson • 2009

An NYPD detective tracks a vigilante killer while his ten children battle a flu outbreak at home.

4.08

38k+

🔪 Serial Killer Hunt ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👮 NYPD Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🏠 Family Under Pressure

Run for Your Life 87%

An NYPD detective tracks a vigilante killer while his ten children battle a flu outbreak at home.

by James Patterson 2009

4.08

38k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Hunt ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👮 NYPD Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🏠 Family Under Pressure

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

2.98

8k+

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research 🎙️ Forensic Interviews 💔 Childhood Trauma

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages 87%

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017

2.98

8k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research 🎙️ Forensic Interviews 💔 Childhood Trauma

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas • 2022

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

4.04

7k+

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

When a Killer Calls 87%

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

by John E. Douglas 2022

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

The Mask of Sanity

by Jacob M. Appel • 2017

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

3.80

613

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🖤 Dark Satire 🏘️ Suburban Darkness

The Mask of Sanity 87%

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

by Jacob M. Appel 2017

3.80

613 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🖤 Dark Satire 🏘️ Suburban Darkness

La Leçon du mal

by Yusuke Kishi • 2022

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

3.59

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

La Leçon du mal 87%

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

by Yusuke Kishi 2022

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

Dear Killer

by Katherine Ewell • 2014

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

3.47

5k+

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

Dear Killer 87%

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

by Katherine Ewell 2014

3.47

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell 87%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

by Michelle McNamara • 2018

A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.

4.11

268k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigations 🧠 Serial Killer Profiling 🕵️ Citizen Detectives 🧬 Forensic DNA 💔 Sexual Violence

I'll Be Gone in the Dark 87%

A masked predator terrorized California for a decade. One woman worked every night to find his name.

by Michelle McNamara 2018

4.11

268k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigations 🧠 Serial Killer Profiling 🕵️ Citizen Detectives 🧬 Forensic DNA 💔 Sexual Violence

Double Cross

by James Patterson • 2007

Retired profiler Alex Cross hunts a theatrical killer as his escaped nemesis stalks his every move.

4.05

58k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Profiling 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐭 Cat And Mouse

Double Cross 87%

Retired profiler Alex Cross hunts a theatrical killer as his escaped nemesis stalks his every move.

by James Patterson 2007

4.05

58k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Profiling 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐭 Cat And Mouse

The Judge's List

by John Grisham • 2021

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

4.14

122k+

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

The Judge's List 87%

An anonymous tip pulls a judicial investigator into the hunt for a serial killer on the bench.

by John Grisham 2021

4.14

122k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🔍 Amateur Investigator 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game 🧠 Methodical Killer

Cat & Mouse

by James Patterson • 1997

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

4.04

83k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Personal Vendetta 🎭 Double Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger

Cat & Mouse 87%

A serial killer escapes and threatens a detective's family, while another slaughters across Europe.

by James Patterson 1997

4.04

83k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🎯 Personal Vendetta 🎭 Double Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Danger

Jar of Hearts

by Jennifer Hillier • 2018

Her serial-killer ex is behind bars, but someone is recreating his murders in her childhood woods.

4.13

222k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🖤 Charismatic Killer 🤝 Murder Accomplice 👤 Sinister Offspring

Jar of Hearts 87%

Her serial-killer ex is behind bars, but someone is recreating his murders in her childhood woods.

by Jennifer Hillier 2018

4.13

222k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🖤 Charismatic Killer 🤝 Murder Accomplice 👤 Sinister Offspring

Roses of May

by Dot Hutchison • 2017

Her sister's killer left flowers on every body. Now bouquets are arriving at Priya's door.

3.9

65k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 💐 Ritualistic Murder 🫂 Found Family ♟️ Intergenerational Bonds 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Roses of May 87%

Her sister's killer left flowers on every body. Now bouquets are arriving at Priya's door.

by Dot Hutchison 2017

3.9

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 💐 Ritualistic Murder 🫂 Found Family ♟️ Intergenerational Bonds 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Rules of Prey

by John Sandford • 1989

A serial killer with a rulebook. A detective who hates rules. The hunt is on.

4.11

95k+

🗡️ Serial Killer 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Flawed Detective 🖤 Gritty

Rules of Prey 87%

A serial killer with a rulebook. A detective who hates rules. The hunt is on.

by John Sandford 1989

4.11

95k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Flawed Detective 🖤 Gritty

The Grim Sleeper

by Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

1k+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper 87%

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

by Christine Pelisek 2016

3.92

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

Mary, Mary

by James Patterson • 2005

After each Hollywood mother's murder, an email arrives signed 'Mary Smith.' Cross hunts the sender.

4.02

62k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 📧 Taunting Messages 🎬 Hollywood Noir 🧠 Fractured Psyche

Mary, Mary 87%

After each Hollywood mother's murder, an email arrives signed 'Mary Smith.' Cross hunts the sender.

by James Patterson 2005

4.02

62k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 📧 Taunting Messages 🎬 Hollywood Noir 🧠 Fractured Psyche

Kiss the Girls

by James Patterson • 1994

A detective's niece is taken by a serial collector of brilliant women; only one captive has escaped.

4.01

355k+

🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👨‍👧 Missing Relative 🏃‍♀️ Captivity Escape 👥 Killer Duo 🧠 Mind Games

Kiss the Girls 87%

A detective's niece is taken by a serial collector of brilliant women; only one captive has escaped.

by James Patterson 1994

4.01

355k+ ratings

🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👨‍👧 Missing Relative 🏃‍♀️ Captivity Escape 👥 Killer Duo 🧠 Mind Games

The Slob

by Aron Beauregard • 2019

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

3.32

13k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

The Slob 87%

A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.

by Aron Beauregard 2019

3.32

13k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ☠️ Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibal Horror 🔪 Final Girl

Love Me Not

by M.J. Arlidge • 2017

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

4.13

15k+

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Love Me Not 87%

Wrongfully imprisoned, a detective returns to hunt a couple on a killing spree across her city.

by M.J. Arlidge 2017

4.13

15k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 😔 Traumatized Detective 💀 Spree Killing 🔪 Killer Duo 💔 Mother Daughter Rift

Night Watcher

by Daphne Woolsoncroft • 2025

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

3.70

15k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Night Watcher 87%

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

by Daphne Woolsoncroft 2025

3.70

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Acceleration

by Graham McNamee • 2003

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

3.74

5k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Acceleration 87%

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

by Graham McNamee 2003

3.74

5k+ ratings

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Never Flinch 86%

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No One Rides For Free 86%

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2.71

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