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2102) Kalifornia
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English
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Two urban intellectuals set out on a cross-country trip to research a book about serial killers. They share the ride with a couple they hardly know and find out firsthand about their subject.
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English
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While attending an intensive writing workshop held in a crumbling Victorian building, young Ruth Walker is challenged to write the ultimate horror movie by Professor Richard Wise. But what are his motives? What secrets are hidden inside the ancient building? And are the knives Ruth has discovered really those used by notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper?
2105) Losing Leah Holloway
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English
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Five years ago, Claire Fletcher escaped her abductor. But some scars never fade, and surviving was just the beginning ... When Claire sees a car full of children careen into a river, she rushes to the rescue. But the driver, a mother named Leah Holloway, prefers to drown. For Claire and her ex, Detective Connor Parks, it doesn't add up. What would motivate a woman with a beautiful family and a successful career to resort to such unspeakable extremes?...
2106) Insomnia
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Criterion collection volume 47
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Norwegian
Description
Stellan Skarsgard plays an enigmatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the heinous killing, his own demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll.
2107) Resurrection
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English
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Jaded homicide detective, John Prudhomme, has been put on the case of a ruthless killer who is hunting the city of Chicago, leaving a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses, all of which are missing at least one body part, along with perversely ironic biblical quotes. After the unexpected arrival of a neurotic FBI agent named Hollinsworth, who believes he might know the identity of the assailant, the two men join forces to catch a cunning...
2108) The countess: a novel
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Johns's creepily enticing second novel (after Icebergs) travels to 1611 Hungary as Countess Erzsébet Báthory-- aka the Blood Countess-- is being walled into a castle tower as punishment for the murder of dozens of women and girls. She begins writing her life story as an exposé of the many betrayals that have brought about this-- as she sees it-- outrageous and unjust imprisonment. The steady, calm tone of Erzsébet's narration lulls the reader...
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Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the 20th century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe - and they're not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these...
2110) Wrong chance
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It started with a group of Cleveland State University students. Their sophomoric prank stalls ten years later with a string of dead bodies. For homicide detectives Hakeem Eubanks and Aspen Skye, the hunt is on to bait and snare a clever serial killer. One problem, though: getting caught is part of the psychopath's ingenious plan.
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"Carrie's sister is dead. Four months after losing her sister, Becca - a serial killer unknown to anyone else in their town - Carrie Lawrence is finally free of her manipulative clutches. From now on, she's keeping her hands clean. No more hiding dead bodies in the middle of the night, no more lies. She's never been happier. Then she attends a meeting of the Brampton Kill Seekers, a group of amateur local sleuths, and learns that a recent victim left...
2112) Blood tree
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English
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"BLOOD TREE stars two obsessed NYPD detectives on the hunt for a vicious butcher called the Angel Killer, a sociopath who preys on innocent family members of known murderers in order to "purify" the rest of society. BLOOD TREE confronts the battle of nature versus nurture, how present and future generations are tainted by past generations, and asks who must pay for the sins of the fathers...and perhaps even the sins of the mothers."--
2113) Później
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Polish
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Sometimes growing up means facing your demons. The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer...
2115) Evil eye
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English
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"While vacationing in Italy, a young woman with a passion for crime fiction (Letícia Román) witnesses a brutal murder. With the help of a handsome young doctor (John Saxon), she launches her own investigation and uncovers a series of crimes known as the 'Alphabet Murders,' only to realize that she may be next on the killer's list."--Container.
2116) No safe place
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D.I. Lottie Parker volume 4
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English
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Detective Lottie Parker investigates a murder and a missing person,a suspecting both are the same person. As others disappear, Lottie fears a serial killer is responsible. As journalists begin to interfere with her investigation, she fears the killer is about to strike again.
2117) Jesień zapomnianych
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Polish
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"Jesień zapomnianych" autorstwa Anny Kańtoch to ostatni tom mrożącej krew w żyłach trylogii. Trzymający w napięciu kryminał jest pełen niewyjaśnionych okoliczności i mnożących się pytań. Autorka stworzyła skomplikowaną intrygę, w którą wplotła mnóstwo pytań o zdolności ludzkiej psychiki. Jest październik, rok 1966. Krystyna Wojciechowska studiuje prawo, jednak nie jest przekonana do tego zawodu. Trzy lata wcześniej w Tatrach...
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For nearly 20 years, the Green River Killer haunted Washington State with a series of shocking murders. The two-part movie is told through the eyes of a young runaway, Helen Remus, whose fate, bad luck, and unwise choices led to her encounter with the notorious serial killer. Leading the hunt for the murderer is Sheriff David Reichert, who risks it all to find justice for the slain girls.
2120) The one that got away
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English
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In the early 2000s, a string of abductions rocked the small upstate town of Reine, New York. Only one girl survived: Alex Salerno. The killer, Ken Parsons, was sent away. Life returned to normal. No more girls would have to die. Until another one did. It's been twelve years since Kira Shanks was reported missing and presumed dead. Alex Salerno has been living in New York City, piecemealing paychecks to earn a livable wage, trying to forget those three...
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