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Paige King, a PhD in forensic psychology and a new arrival at the FBI’s elite BAU unit, has an uncanny ability to enter serial killers’ minds. But she is stumped when a series of victims are found staged in odd ways in public places. What message is this killer trying to send? Might Paige herself be his next target?

A 12-year-old boy runs wildly into his local police station claiming to have seen Halldis Horn's brutally murdered corpse. Errki Johrma, an escaped psychiatric patient and known town misfit, was sighted at the scene disappearing into the woods. The next morning the local bank is robbed at gunpoint. Making his escape the robber takes a hostage and flees and, once again, a suspect takes to the woods. As the felon's plans begin to fall apart he is, in contrast to his quiet hostage, rapidly losing his control and power.

When a mysterious polaroid is discovered in a vintage shop, a key clue to a decades-old serial killer is unearthed. And when a direct connection is made to a recent, urgent case, FBI Special Agent Nicky Lyons finds herself in a deadly race against time to save a victim’s life—and her own.

Paige King, a PhD in forensic psychology and a new arrival at the FBI’s elite BAU unit, has an uncanny ability to enter serial killers’ minds—yet nothing has prepared her for what she finds at a series of new crime scenes: a swinging pendulum. What could this serial killer be hinting at? Could he be ticking down the time until the next victim’s death?

In Before He Hunts, victims are turning up dead in FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White’s home state of Nebraska - all shot in the back of the head, and all bearing the card “Barker Antiques.” The same card her father’s murderer left on his body years ago. With a sudden urgency in the present, the time has finally come for Mackenzie to face her ghosts, to face her darkest past, and to find her father’s killer. But her trip back down memory lane may take her to places she’d rather not see, and to discoveries she’d rather not find.

FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White finds herself stumped. Victims are turning up dead, unrecognizable, their bodies hurled from the highest of heights. A deranged serial killer, obsessed with heights, is killing his victims from the highest locations. The pattern seems random. But is it? Only by entering into the darkest canals of the killer’s mind can Mackenzie begin to understand what his motive is - and where he will strike next.

Priests are turning up dead, their bodies found crucified against church doors throughout Washington, DC. Could this be some sort of act of revenge? Could it be a member of their order? Or a serial killer, hunting priests with a far more diabolical motive? The FBI turns to special agent Mackenzie White, as the case bears a resemblance to the religious overtones of her first case, The Scarecrow Killer. Plunged into the subculture of the priesthood, Mackenzie struggles to learn more about the rituals, about ancient scripture, to try enter the killer’s mind.

When two rock climbers turn up dead, each killed in the same disturbing way, FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White, mother of a newborn baby, must face her fear of heights as she is summoned to catch a serial killer before he strikes again. Mackenzie, settling into motherhood, wants to take some time off. But it is not meant to be. Rock climbers are turning up dead in Colorado, hunted by an elusive serial killer, caught at their most prone moments. A disturbing pattern emerges, and Mackenzie soon realizes she is up against a monster.

FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White, six months pregnant, calls off her formal wedding with Ellington and they elope instead. On their honeymoon, they finally have some downtime together - when a call comes in for an urgent case: Women are being strangled at a rapid rate in the D.C. area by what appears to be a serial killer. Even more disturbing: This killer is so meticulous that he leaves absolutely no trace.

Paige King, a PhD in forensic psychology and a new arrival at the FBI’s elite BAU unit, has an uncanny ability to enter serial killers’ minds. She has seen the worst of the worst—but when a new serial killer strikes, victims turning up dead with magic tricks left at the scenes, Paige is baffled. What could the meaning be behind these macabre hints?

After a series of bad choices spirals into a murder investigation, Stephen Wilton is placed on suspension from the US Marshals. With his reputation in ruins and his freedom on the line, Wilton turns his focus to the cold case of his brother’s unsolved murder. When a crucial witness in the case turns up dead, Wilton is arrested.

Oak Hill, North Carolina is a sleepy community where nothing exciting ever happens, a town so tiny it has no room for secrets. So when a stranger is found murdered in a cornfield, Detective Grace Bingham is forced to partner with Jack Sawyer—a big city detective who broke her heart and fled the town years prior—in order to uncover the explosive truth.

Maddy Shaw learns the life-shattering news in the most horrific way: live on air. As the shaky mobile phone recording pans over the terrible crash, she recognizes her husband Simon’s car in the wreckage.... He is critically injured, and she rushes to his side. Detective Rachel Hart knows how it feels to have a loved one’s life hanging in the balance and hurries to support her friend. Maddy is distraught about her husband’s accident, and Rachel decides to investigate. It’s not her case, but if she can give her friend answers, she will.

In this second installment of Persson's trilogy of police procedurals featuring the 'small, fat and primitive' Evert Bäckström, the grand master's most appallingly repulsive (and funniest) character is finally given his 15 minutes of fame by way of his patented combination of laziness, luck and an unbelievable sense of timing. A seemingly ordinary murder puzzles Bäckström, who is struggling with strict orders from his doctor to lead a healthier life. His gut feeling proves him right: within days his team has another murder linked to the first on their hands.

Charles and I were law students when I fell for him. He was handsome, charming, sure of himself—and he deigned to look at me. We had a dream-come-true courtship, wedding, and honeymoon, all orchestrated and paid for by his wealthy parents. Then he brought me home…and I woke up. Nineteen months and a baby later, I'm standing in our pristine living room, looking at Charles lying in a pool of blood.

Evil. I have often thought of the world and all the evil I have seen. Since the beginning of time, philosophers, writers, poets, witch doctors, shamans, and ordinary men have tried to identify it, root it out, use it for their own purposes, describe it and make excuses for it. There was a difference between people who were evil and those who were truly evil. No part of their soul had any good in it and having no conscience or feelings for anyone else. Just pure, unadulterated evil. At first, they looked the same as you or I, until they revealed themselves.

Annie has fallen out of the habit of listening to her husband. She and Paul have been married for a long time; it's easy to nod as he drones on, responding to his voice while completely ignoring every word he says. That becomes a problem, of course, when Paul disappears and the police have questions.

Since the publication of The Butler Did It by Sean Joseph, Johnny Butler’s life has taken on new meaning. In the sequel The Butler Really Did It, Johnny has had amazing highs and lows, albeit natural and not from alcohol and or other mind-altering substances. He now has over 14 years of continuous sobriety. He certainly enjoys emotional sobriety for the most part. As his life continues to unfold his adventure and shenanigans continue. This novel's plot twists and adventures unfold around recovery, women, sex, and scandal before Johnny is on trial again. This time his life is on the line.

In this best-selling mystery series, FBI Special Agent Ilse Beck, victim of a traumatic childhood in Germany, moved to the US to become a renowned psychologist specializing in PTSD, and the world’s leading expert in the unique trauma of serial-killer survivors. By studying the psychology of their survivors, Ilse has a unique and unparalleled expertise in the true psychology of serial killers. Ilse never expected, though, to become an FBI agent herself.

Una Mackenzie White recién entrenada como agente del FBI se gradúa de la Academia del FBI en Quantico para encontrarse metida de lleno en un caso urgente de asesinatos en serie. Están apareciendo muertas una serie de mujeres mientras acampan en un parque nacional en un lugar remoto de West Virginia. El parque es extenso, y no se puede encontrar ninguna conexión entre ellas.