18 books like Triptych

What to read after Triptych — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Dark Harbour David Hosp · 2005 · ★ 3.8 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When his former lover is killed, a lawyer is drawn into a murder investigation alongside a female detective in this debut thriller.When the body of his co-worker and ex-lover is found in Boston Harbor, attorney Sean Finn becomes a suspect in her murder. With an ambitious female police detective after answers, Finn is unaware of what's at stake if the truth about the killing is finally uncovered. Shares: Meurtres en série, Enquêtes, Serial murder investigation, Serial murders

There But For the Grace of God Fred Rosen · 2007 · ★ 3.0 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate They stared into the faces of pure evil . . . and survived!Ted Bundy . . . Jeffrey Dahmer . . .David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz . . . Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer . . .These are some of the names that strike terror into even the bravest of hearts. Human monsters, they preyed upon the unsuspecting, freely feeding their terrible hungers. Their crimes were unspeakable, as they maimed, tortured, killed,… Shares: Meurtres en série, Serial murderers, Serial murders

Run for Your Life James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City , killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York 's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial Killers, Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers

13 Steps Down Ruth Rendell · 2004 · ★ 3.7 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of serial killer Reggie Christie, hanged fifty years earlier for murdering at least eight women. Gwendolen Chawcer, Mix's eighty-year-old landlady has few interests beside her old books and her new tenant.… Shares: Meurtres en série, Serial murders, Psychological fiction, Thriller

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, Thriller

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

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: Meurtres en série, Serial murder investigation, Serial murders, Thriller

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

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

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, Mystery

The Surgeon Tess Gerritsen · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate If it's gripping, it's Gerritsen. The terrifying first Jane Rizzoli bestseller.In Boston, there's a killer on the loose. A killer who targets lone women, who breaks into their apartments and performs terrifying ritualistic acts of torture on them before finishing them off. His surgical skills lead police to suspect he is a physician – a physician who, instead of saving lives, takes them.But as… Shares: Meurtres en série, 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 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

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, Mystery

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

Serial killers Francesca Biagi-Chai · 2011 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Francesca Biagi-Chai’s book - a translation from the French of Le Cas Landru - tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law. The author, a Lacanian psychoanalyst and senior psychiatrist in France, with extensive experience working in institutional settings, analyses the logic informing… Shares: Tueurs en série, Serial Killers, Serial murderers

Killing for Sport Pat Brown · 2003 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate While other profilers tend to conceal the clear facts behind complex technical language and psychobabble, Pat Brown actually tells it like it is. Killing for Sport will intrigue you with its honest portrayal of the predator-next-door, how he hunts for him victims, why he likes to torture them, where he tends to stash their bodies, and more. Movies such as Silence of the Lambs, Seven, American… Shares: Serial murder investigation, Serial murderers, Serial murders

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