serial murderers

Reggie, a successful architect who left her hometown and the horrific memories of a long ago summer behind, gets a call revealing that her mother has been found alive--a call that forces Reggie to confront the ghosts of her past and find the serial killer known as Neptune before he kills again.

Ex-army cop Jack Reacher is called upon by Jack Barr, an ex-military specialist arrested for gunning down five innocent people from thirty yards away, but Barr's claims of innocence reveal a complex and difficult case.

Joe Middleton, also known as the infamous Christchurch Carver serial killer, is serving time in prison but he does not remember killing anyone, and while he waits for the psychiatrists to save him from execution, he is the target of sinister forces inside and outside the prison.

Jazz Dent, who has been shot and left to die in New York City, his girlfriend, Connie, who is in the clutches of Jazz's serial killer father, Billy, and his best friend, Howie, who is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz's own home in tiny Lobo's Nod, must all rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy.

"A math-whiz from a trailer park discovers she's the only student capable of unravelling complex clues left by a serial killer who's systematically getting rid of her classmates."--Provided by publisher.

Dexter Morgan feels the murders he commits are justified since he only kills Miami's worst criminals and deviants, but his sense of pride and accomplishment are threatened when a second serial killer arrives, copying Dexter's style and implicating him in more murders.