18 books like Run for Your Life

What to read after Run for Your Life — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Triptych Karin Slaughter · 2006 · ★ 4.1 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A superb stand-alone thriller by the #1 bestselling author of FaithlessWhen Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated.As a one-off killing it's shocking, but… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial Killers, Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers

Aftermath Peter Robinson · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Number 35 The Hill is a house in an ordinary street, owned by an apparently ordinary young couple. When constables Janet Taylorand Dennis Morrisey are sent to the house following a report ofa disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. Shares: Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Police

Worst Case James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Best case: survivalThe son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong answers are fatal.Worst case: deathDetective Michael Bennett leads the investigation. With ten kids of his own,… Shares: Rich, Bennett, New york, Police

Obsessed James Patterson & James O. Born · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this startling psychological thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling author, a killer is targeting young women in New York City and is obsessed with Michael Bennett's daughter.    A killer is obsessed ... with Detective Michael Bennett’s oldest daughter.   Michael Bennett is obsessed ...  with keeping his family safe.   New York City is obsessed ... with… Shares: Bennett, New york

Serial Killers Up Close and Very Personal Victoria Redstall · 2011 Dive inside the twisted minds of some of the most heinous serial killers in history with this true-crime trove of stories about cannibalistic murderers. Delving deep into the twisted actions of Hannibal Lecter–type murderers, Cannibal Serial Killers profiles the depraved individuals who prolong their horrific crimes beyond the thrill of the chase to a perverse ritualized finale. More than just… Shares: Serial Killers, Serial murderers

Private London James Patterson & Mark Pearson · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private - the world's most exclusive detective agency - saved her from a horrific death. She has fled her country, but can't flee her past. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to former Royal Military Police Sergeant Dan Carter,… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Thriller

Hangman Stephan Talty · 2014 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Pursuing an escaped serial killer to the city limits of Buffalo, homicide detective Abbie Kearney is horrified when teenage girls begin to go missing, a situation that reveals precinct corruption and suggests that the killer is being helped. Shares: Serial murder investigation, Serial murders, New york

The midnight assassin Skip Hollandsworth · 2015 · ★ 3.9 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares: Serial Killers, Serial murderers, Serial murders Shares: Serial Killers, Serial murderers, Serial murders

City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast series) Douglas Preston · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny,… Shares: Rich people, Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers, Serial murders

The shadow of death Philip E. Ginsburg · 1993 · ★ 4.5 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is a true crime book about an area in Connecticut River valley of Vermont/New Hampshire that experiences three serial killers in the 1980s and 1990s. Ginsburg was a good writer who didn't sensationalize the storeis, letting the events speak for themselves as they played out. Shares: Serial Killers, Serial murders

Chosen Prey John Sandford · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 357p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A shallow grave and a pornographic drawing draw Lucas Davenport into a deadly quest for a predator with a single-minded hunger for his chosen prey. In the mist and rain of a Minnesota spring, a shallow grave is found. It contains the body of a young woman, apparently strangled. When the murder is connected with a brilliantly-executed erotic drawing, where the victim's face has been grafted onto a… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Police

The Chemistry of Death Simon Beckett · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Three years ago, David Hunter moved to rural Norfolk to escape his life in London, his gritty work in forensics, and a tragedy that nearly destroyed him. Working as a simple country doctor, seeing his lost wife and daughter only in his dreams, David struggles to remain uninvolved when the corpse of a woman is found in the woods, a macabre sign from her killer decorating her body. In one… Shares: Roman policier, Serial murder investigation, Serial murders, Thriller

Exquisite Corpse Poppy Z. Brite · 1996 · ★ 3.8 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his "art" to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Thriller

The Scarecrow Michael Connelly · 2009 · 632p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus.… Shares: Serial Killers, Serial murder investigation, Serial murders

The Bad Seed William March · 1954 · ★ 4.0 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Bad Seed is a 1954 horror novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death. Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial murderers

Guilty of Nothing Kevin King · 2008 · 70p · ≈ 2h · Moderate When Bill Eck is accused of a crime he didn't commit, the evidence is compelling but not complete. With enough loopholes in the case to run a racehorse through, it seems as though any logical juror or judge would need more evidence to convict anyone in this position. A serial killer who strikes at the site of the racehorse track has every citizen on edge, and Bill is no exception. He is, however,… Shares: Serial murderers, Serial murders

Chasing the Devil David Reichert · 2004 · ★ 3.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The riveting personal account of one sheriffs epic hunt for America's most heinous serial killer. For eight years, Sheriff David Reichert devoted days and nights to capturing the Green River Killer--the most notorious serial killer in American history. He was the first detective on the case in 1982 and doggedly pursued it as the body count climbed to 49 and it became the most infamous unsolved… Shares: Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers, Serial murders, Police

I, Michael Bennett James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 383, 17 pages ; 25 cm880L Lexile Shares: Bennett, New york, Police

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