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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
monster monster Jonathan Kellerman ***A second-rate actor is found mutilated in a car trunk.*** Then a psychologist at a Los Angeles hospital for the criminally insane is murdered in a similar grisly fashion. Suddenly the incoherent r… OL12729W
Hunting the devil Hunting the devil Richard Lourie An account of the search for the killer of fifty-three Soviet citizens describes how Russian Chief Inspector Issa Kostoev searched for the man who sexually mutilated, killed, and cannibalized his vic… OL14847904W
Praying for sleep Praying for sleep Jeffery Deaver Praying for revenge...Psycho killer Michael Hrubek has escaped to find the woman who put him away. He'll show her what killing is all about...Praying for salvation...Lis knows he's out there. He's ha… OL15149618W
What The House Knows What The House Knows Dean Koontz Als een rechercheur wordt geconfronteerd met een 14-jarige jongen die zijn ouders, zus en grootmoeder heeft vermoord, lijkt zijn eigen verleden weer tot leven te komen omdat ook zijn ouders en zus we… OL15400073W
The St. Zita Society The St. Zita Society Ruth Rendell Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam place in Pimlico: an exclusive street of houses inhabited by the rich and serviced by the not so rich. The hired help, a motley assortmen… OL16599984W
Killer Killer Jonathan Kellerman "Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby … OL17807546W
Pitiful Criminals Pitiful Criminals Greg Bottoms When Greg Bottoms runs into an old friend from high school, neither man is sure if it's worth starting their first conversation in over a decade. As teens, they had run with a rough crowd?standard ho… OL17916751W
The Jeffrey Dahmer story The Jeffrey Dahmer story Don Davis An account of the bizarre case of Jeffrey Dahmer--the son of middle-class parents whose ten-year murdering spree is possibly responsible for the deaths of more than sixteen people--describes Dahmer's… OL1853812W
Harley Quinn Harley Quinn Amanda Conner "At long last, it's Harley Quinn and The Joker, face-to-face! Harley's got an endangered friend to save, but there's just one problem: she's got to get through Arkham Asylum first! Unsurprisingly, Ha… OL20038715W
Serving mentally ill offenders Serving mentally ill offenders Gerald Landsberg This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health pr… OL20627173W
Final appeal Final appeal Joanne Fluke "Ten years ago, a jury found Michael Hart guilty of murdering his wife. Confined to a state hospital for the criminally insane, Michael has never stopped insisting on his innocence--even though his m… OL24264900W
Guilty by reason of insanity Guilty by reason of insanity Dorothy Otnow Lewis Everyone has felt the urge to kill. Most people don't kill. Some people do. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a psychiatrist and an internationally recognized expert on violence, has spent the last quarter centur… OL2742461W
Unappreciated Unappreciated Mz. Venom Young Kanita Johnson is currently serving time for the murder of her children's father, her best friend and two others. Nita is quickly losing her grip on reality. She's constantly having visions of … OL27691897W
The man who could not kill enough The man who could not kill enough Anne E. Schwartz A comprehensive study of the life and crimes of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer discusses the investigation into the killings, the stories of the victims' families, and the intense criticism f… OL4279011W
Comrade Chikatilo Comrade Chikatilo Mikhail Krivich This book tells the inside story of the 12-year murder spree and eventual conviction of the Russian known as Citizen Ch, considered the most monstrous serial killer the world has ever known. Suspecte… OL4314055W
The killer department The killer department Robert Cullen The spellbinding true tale of the discovery, chase, capture, and execution of Andrei Chikatilo, a serial killing madman who sexually assaulted, mutilated, and killed at least 53 women and children ne… OL82132W