The investigation of serial killings is a proven staple of the mystery, thriller and psychological suspense genres. This booklist highlights recent additions to the Lincoln City Libraries’ fiction collection in this popular subgenre, primarily focusing on books printed in 2000 or more recently but with a few prominent older titles thrown in for good measure. All of the following titles are owned by the library system, and clicking on the hotlink will take you to that title’s entry in our on-line catalog, where you can find more information about the book, including reviews and brief plot descriptions. There are many more mystery or thriller novels about serial killings in our collection. To see a more complete list, visit our catalog using the following subject searches: Mysteries — Serial Murders; or Serial Murders — Fiction.
Keith Ablow
— Psychopath
Rennie Airth
— River of Darkness
Sherman Alexie
— Aphrodite
Brigitte Auber
— Death From the Woods
Ann Benson
— Thief of Souls
Mark Billingham
— Lazybones
— Scaredy Cat
— Sleepyhead
Ethan Black
— Irresistable
Giles Blunt
— The Delicate Storm
— Forty Words for Sorrow
Peter Bowen
— Badlands
Jim Brown
— Black Valley
Sandra Brown
— Charade
Krysta Buckley
— Awaken, Preciosa
Ramsey Campbell
— Silent Children
Stephen J. Cannell
— Final Victim
Herb Chapman
— The Book of Cain
Lee Child
— Running Blind
Barbara Cleverly
— The Last Kashmiri Rose
— Ragtime in Simla
David Cole
— Dragonfly Bones
Susan Conant
— Bride and Groom
Michael Connelly
John Connolly
— Dark Hollow
Richard E. Crabbe
— Empire of Shadows
David Cray
— Partners
James F. David
— Before the Cradle Falls
Jeffrey Deaver
— The Blue Nowhere
Matthew B.J. Delaney
— Jinn
David & Leigh Eddings
— Regina’s Song
Bruce Elliot
— Still Life
James Ellroy
— Clandestine
Robert Ferrigno
— Flinch
Bill Fitzhugh
— Fender Benders
Lisa Gardner
— The Killing Hour
— The Other Daughter
Julie Garwood
— Heartbreaker
Kathleen O’Neal Gear
— The Visitant
— The Summoning God
Tess Gerritsen
— The Apprentice
— The Surgeon
Joseph Glass
— Blood
Ed Gorman
— Voodoo Moon
Thomas W. Griffin
— Cube 6
W.G. Griffiths
— Driven
James Grippando
Amy Gutman
— The Anniversary
Thomas Harris
— Red Dragon
— The Silence of the Lambs
— Hannibal
— Hannibal Rising
Sue Henry
— Cold Company
Tami Hoag
— Cry Wolf
Kay Hooper
— Out of the Shadows
— Sense of Evil
— Touching Evil
Greg Iles
— Dead Sleep
Lisa Jackson
— Hot Blooded
— Whispers
Paul Johnston
— The Bone Yard
Tayari Jones
— Leaving Atlanta
Alex Kava
— At the Stroke of Madness
— A Perfect Evil
— Soul Catcher
— Split Second
H.R.F. Keating
— The Hard Detective
Jonathan Kellerman
— A Cold Heart
— The Conspiracy Club
Jim Kelly
— The Water Clock
Jonathan King
— The Blue Edge of Midnight
Stephen King & Peter Straub
— Black House
Thomas Laird
— Cutter
Bob Levy
— Broken Hearts
Peter Lovesey
— The Reaper
Sarah Lovett
— Dark Alchemy
John Lutz
Michael Malone
— First Lady
Philip Margolin
— Wild Justice
Val McDermid
— Killing the Shadows
— The Last Temptation
Graham McNamee
— Acceleration
Kyle Mills
— Burn Factor
Theresa Monsour
— Clean Cut
Chris Mooney
— Deviant Ways
Marcia Muller
— Point Deception
Jonathan Lewis Nasaw
— Fear Itself
— The Girls He Adored
— Twenty-Seven Bones When She Was Bad
Kevin O’Brien
— Make Them Cry
Robert B. Parker
— Stone Cold
Don Passman
— The Visionary
James Patterson
— 1st to Die
Scott Phillips
— Cottonwood
Ryne Douglas Pearson
— Top Ten
Clyde Phillips
— Blindsided
Michael Prescott
— Last Breath
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
— The Cabinet of Curiosities
— Still Life With Crows
Ann Prospero
— Almost Night
Robert J. Randisi
— Arch Angels
Ruth Rendell
— Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
J.D. Robb
— Conspiracy in Death
— Imitation in Death
Jonathan Santlofer
— The Death Artist
John Saul
— The Manhattan Hunt Club
Tom Savage
— Scavenger
Steven Saylor
— A Twist at the End
Erica Spindler
— Bone Cold
Boris Starling
— Storm
Wendy Corsi Staub
— The Last to Know
Andrew Taylor
— The Office of the Dead
P.J. Tracy
— Monkeewrench
Steve Vance
— Identity
Robert W. Walker
— Bitter Instinct
— Blind Instinct
Jess Walter
— Over Tumbled Graves
Stephen White
— Blinded
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Based on the concept of an original print booklist published in 1998 alc | Updated for the web Mar 2004 sdc – Last updated October 2016 sdc