serial killers

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In with the devil

a fallen hero, a serial killer, and a dangerous bargain for redemption
2010
Jimmy Keene describes his experiences after he was approached by a prosecutor months into his ten-year prison sentence and accepted a dangerous bargain to befriend a dangerous criminal in a maximum security prison and get him to confess to the murder of two women in exchange for an unconditional release.

Zombie

a novel
2009
Quentin is a serial murderer who shares his thoughts and perverse desires in a sort of journal.

Silent children

2000
Leslie and her ex-husband are constantly fighting over how to raise their son Ian, but when Ian disappears with his young stepsister, Leslie's ex believes Ian has kindnapped the girl, but Leslie suspects their disappearance is linked to a series of child murders that occurred in the area years before.

How to make a serial killer

the twisted development of innocent children into the world's most sadistic murderers
2008
Investigates the lives of serial killers, such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ivan Milat, and John Wayne Gacy, to explore what factors could potentially lead someone to become a murderer, and discusses how criminal profiling may be used to identify killers before they even commit a crime.

Serial killers

death and life in America's wound culture
1998
Presents the idea, with support from the philosophical theories of Jacques Lacan and psychoanalysis, that serial killers represent a wounded culture that is addicted to and fascinated by murder and treats killings as a type of performance art in the public sphere.

Zombie

1995
Quentin is a serial murderer who shares his thoughts and perverse desires in a sort of journal.

Fifth grave past the light

Resolving to avoid son of Satan and new next-door neighbor Reyes Farrow, Charley Davidson is forced to ask for Reyes's help when she is approached by desperate ghosts and her sister is targeted by a serial killer.

The devil's star

2010
Alcoholic detective Harry Hole has two missions: catch a serial killer obsessed with the number five, who cuts a finger off each victim and adorns her with a red pentagram; and expose his crooked partner, Tom Waaler.

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