serial murderers

"After her elderly neighbor is murdered, Amy Unger ... takes to the canvas in an effort to make sense of her neighbor's death ... But when her paintings prove to be too realistic, her neighbors grow suspicious ... Bernard White, a widower who has isolated himself for years after a family scandal, can't stop thinking about the murder of an old friend--and what it means for his fellow octogenarians as the death toll rises ... Maddie Lowe is a teenager trying to balance her waitressing job and keeping her family intact ... even as their neighborhood becomes more dangerous by the second ... Their paths converge around the killer terrorizing their neighborhood and they are all faced with a life--or death--decision"--.

When seventeen-year-old Lane becomes involved in the search for a serial killer active in the Washington, D.C. area, she worries that her life-long fascination with such murderers has a very real and terrible cause.

"A novel set in Czechoslovakia in 1935, in which a brilliant young psychiatrist takes his new post at an asylum for the criminally insane that houses only six inmates--the country's most depraved murderers--while, in Prague, a detective struggles to understand a brutal serial killer who has spread fear through the city, and who may have ties to the asylum"--Provided by publisher.

"Bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?"--Provided by publisher.

"Will Hurley was an attractive, charming, and impressive student at Dublin's elite St. John's College--and Ireland's most prolific serial killer. He stalked and drowned his five young victims in the muddy waters of the Grand Canal, and is currently serving a life sentence in the city's Central Psychiatric Hospital"--Jacket flap.

Presents a selection of articles that examine serial killers throughout history.

Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

Ayoola has a bad habit of killing her boyfriends. Her sister, Korede, cleans up the messes. Now, Korede's crush is showing interest in Ayoola. The sisterhood is put to the test.

Discusses the history of serial killers and how we think about them.