
Crime Fiction > Serial Killer

Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he's following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who's already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter.
Year: 1981
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Serial Killer

The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
FBI trainee Clarice Starling is given an assignment. She must visit a man confined to a high-security facility for the criminally insane and interview him. That man, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is a former psychiatrist with unusual tastes and an intense curiosity about the darker corners of the mind.
Year: 1988
Genre: FBI, Psychological Thriller, Serial Killer

The Poet
by Michael Connelly
Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write--and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large.
Year: 1996
Genre: Investigative Reporter, Serial Killer

Getting Off
by Lawrence Block as Jill Emerson
SO THIS GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR...and when she walks out there's a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part. Then she kills him, and she likes that even better. On her way out, she cleans out his wallet. She keeps moving, and has a new name for each change of address.
Year: 2011
Genre: Serial Killer

X
by Sue Grafton
X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss... Perhaps Sue Grafton's darkest and most chilling novel, X features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes.
Year: 2015
Genre: Private Eye, Serial Killer