Serial Murders
The systematic killing of a succession of victims, often over a period of many years, is not a modern phenomenon, but it has increased alarmingly over the past 50 years, particularly in the United States.
364.15
year: 2003
copies: 8
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: serial murders, serial murderers, murder [X], serial killers [X], sociology, women, boys, young men, prisons
Acceleration
Stuck working in the lost and found department of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: serial murderers, diaries, summer employment, mystery and detective stories, serial killers [X], toronto (ont.), canada, mystery, murder [X]
Jack The Ripper
Examines the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper, a killer who mutilated and murdered prostitutes in London in the late 1880s, and discusses the ongoing debate over the identity of the serial murderer.
364.15
year: 2004
copies: 6
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: jack, serial murders, serial murderers, murder [X], serial killers [X], homicide, london (england)
Counterfeit Son
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: mistaken identity, child abuse, serial murderers, murder [X], identity (psychology), homicide, serial killers [X]
Death And The Arrow
After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: serial murderers, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories, serial killers [X], london (england), murder [X]
I Hunt Killers
Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: serial killers [X], homicide, conduct of life, father-son relationship, serial murderers, murder [X], fathers and sons, psychopaths, mystery and detective stories
Velveteen
Velveteen, who was murdered at sixteen, has difficulty adjusting to her current existence in purgatory, preferring to plot revenge against her killer, which could have dire consequences for purgatory and for her.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: juvenile fiction / social issues / death & dying, juvenile fiction / horror & ghost stories, juvenile fiction / love & romance, murder [X], serial murderers, serial killers [X], homicide, future life
The Boston Strangler
Discusses the facts and myths surrounding the case of the Boston Strangler, in which eleven women living in and around the Boston area were murdered in similarly brutal ways in 1962.
364.15
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: de salvo, albert henry, serial murderers, murder [X], serial killers [X], homicide, electronic books, electronic books
What The Night Knows
Twenty years after killing Alton Turner Blackwood, the serial killer who murdered his parents and sisters, homicide detective John Calvino fears for the safety of his wife and three children when someone begins recreating Blackwood's murders of two decades ago.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: serial murders, murder [X], homicide, serial murderers, criminal investigation, serial killers [X]
Alex Cross, Run
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide, police, serial killers [X], murder [X], washington (d.c.), cross, alex (fictitious character), serial murderers
Jackaby
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: imaginary creatures, paranormal fiction, murder [X], serial murderers, detective and mystery stories, new england, supernatural, homicide, serial killers [X], mythical animals, animals, mythical, fantasy, mystery and detective stories, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction, electronic books, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction, electronic books
Dear Killer
Rule One--Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Kit looks like your average seventeen-year-old high school student, but she has a secret--she's London's notorious "Perfect Killer.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: letters, schools, interpersonal relations, murder [X], serial murderers, england, london (england), homicide, school stories, serial killers [X]
Nearly Found
High school senior and science whiz Nearly Boswell, called Leigh, is thrilled when she gets an internship in a forensic science lab, since it is a step toward college and a way out of the trailer park--but soon she finds herself the target of a serial killer, one who seems to know a lot about the residents of Sunny View Trailer Park as well as her absent father's secrets.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, high schools, trailer camps, crime laboratories, criminal investigation, serial murderers, murder [X], family life, detective and mystery fiction, mystery and detective stories, serial killers [X], trailer parks, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, homicide, electronic books, electronic books
Jackaby
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: serial murderers, murder [X], animals, mythical, new england, supernatural, imaginary creatures, fantasy, mystery and detective stories, serial killers [X], homicide, mythical animals, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction, paranormal fiction, fantasy fiction, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction
The Darkest Corners
When her father dies, Tessa is pulled back to the small Pennsylvania town where her life came apart when her father was sent to prison, her mother went to pieces, and her beloved older sister ran away, and where her testimony and that of her now-estranged friend Callie sent a serial killer to death row--a serial killer who may be getting a new trial as long buried secrets come to light.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: detective and mystery stories, sisters, friendship, secrecy, murder [X], pennsylvania, youths' writings, secrets, serial murderers, serial killers [X], homicide, electronic books, detective and mystery fiction, electronic books