The Cereal Murders

The Cereal Murders
Author: Diane Mott Davidson
Publisher: Crimeline
Total Pages: 369
Release: 1994-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 055356773X

Thanks to her recent adventures in Dying for Chocolate, Goldy Bear, the premier caterer of Aspen Meadow, Colorado, is no stranger to violence--or sudden death. But when she agrees to cater the first College Advisory Dinner for Seniors and Parents at the exclusive Elk Park Preparatory School, the last thing she expects to find at the end of the evening is the battered body of the school valedictorian. Who could have killed Keith Andrews, and why? Goldy's hungry for some answers--and not just because she found the corpse. Her young son, Arch, a student at Elk Park Prep, has become a target for some not-so-funny pranks, while her eighteen-year-old live-in helper, Julian, has become a prime suspect in the Andrews boy's murder. As her investigation intensifies, Goldy's anxiety level rises faster than homemade doughnuts. . .as she turns up evidence that suggests that Keith knew more than enough to blow the lid off some very unscholarly secrets. And then, as her search rattles one skeleton too many, Goldy learns a crucial fact: a little knowledge about a killer can be a deadly thing.

How to Make a Serial Killer

How to Make a Serial Killer
Author: Christopher Berry-Dee
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2011-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459610652

They were born into this world as innocent children. They ended up as merciless killing machines. How to Make a Serial Killer leads the reader on an insightful, scary, and often disturbing investigation into what made these infamous murderers go bad. Is there really a 'demon seed'? Do genes play a role? Was it their family background? How did pe...

Hidden: A Gritty Hardboiled Serial Killer Thriller

Hidden: A Gritty Hardboiled Serial Killer Thriller
Author: Meghan O'Flynn
Publisher: Pygmalion Publishing
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2017-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0997465190

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FAMISHED A gruesome crime. A vicious predator. And a detective on the verge of losing everything. “Creepy and haunting...a fully immersive thriller.” ~NY Times bestselling author Andra Watkins “Riveting, horrifying, and devastating, Hidden is a book you will not soon forget.” ~Kristen Mae, bestselling author of Red Water HE’S BACK. Detective Edward Petrosky has always felt the pain of the world like a razor blade in his gut, even more so when he considers the killers who have escaped conviction. But he can’t let that stop him, not after a grandmother is found murdered on her front lawn, the victim of some machete-wielding psycho. The case is strange from the outset: no one heard a thing despite the public nature of the crime. An unknown child’s footprints cover the property without a trace of the kid. And a grisly discovery in the basement has the entire police force stunned. Nothing makes sense. Whatever secrets their victim had, she’d taken them, quietly, to her grave. But when another woman’s corpse turns up with a familiar brand on her ribcage, Petrosky realizes the horrible truth: a killer he’d thought was long gone from Ash Park has remained, lurking in their midst. And who knows how many victims this butcher has collected? For those he’s kidnapped, any day might be their last, imprisoned, unseen, with only their screams and a deranged lunatic for company. Now Petrosky must risk everything he holds sacred to track the most sadistic killer Ash Park has ever seen, a man whose thirst for carnage extends far beyond mere bloodletting. But saving innocent lives will require an unbearable sacrifice. One from which he may never recover. Hidden is the emotional fourth book in the hair-raising Ash Park series. If you like Blake Crouch, Dean Koontz, or Paula Hawkins, you’ll love Ash Park.

The Cereal Murders

The Cereal Murders
Author: Diane Mott Davidson
Publisher: Crimeline
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-01-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030742698X

Thanks to her recent adventures in Dying for Chocolate, Goldy Bear, the premier caterer of Aspen Meadow, Colorado, is no stranger to violence--or sudden death. But when she agrees to cater the first College Advisory Dinner for Seniors and Parents at the exclusive Elk Park Preparatory School, the last thing she expects to find at the end of the evening is the battered body of the school valedictorian. Who could have killed Keith Andrews, and why? Goldy's hungry for some answers--and not just because she found the corpse. Her young son, Arch, a student at Elk Park Prep, has become a target for some not-so-funny pranks, while her eighteen-year-old live-in helper, Julian, has become a prime suspect in the Andrews boy's murder. As her investigation intensifies, Goldy's anxiety level rises faster than homemade doughnuts. . .as she turns up evidence that suggests that Keith knew more than enough to blow the lid off some very unscholarly secrets. And then, as her search rattles one skeleton too many, Goldy learns a crucial fact: a little knowledge about a killer can be a deadly thing.

SERIAL KILLERS

SERIAL KILLERS
Author: William M. Harmening
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 039808114X

Whether it be Jack the Ripper in nineteenth-century England or Ted Bundy in 1970s America, the public has always been fascinated by the criminal offender type known as the serial killer. Professionals continue to speculate and develop new theories about their identity decades after their crimes ended. But what is it that causes such evilness in individuals that causes them to take an innocent life, not once but multiples times, and for no apparent reason beyond their own perverse psychological gratification? This fascinating book explores this question by looking at the psychosocial determinants of criminal behavior, including serial murder. The role of such internal processes as attachment, moral development, and identity formation in the development of a person’s predisposition to various forms of deviance, including physical and sexual aggression, is reviewed. This information is then applied to actual serial killers, including David Berkowitz (The Son of Sam), Charles Manson, Eric Rudolph (God’s Crusader), Ted Bundy (The Face of Evil), Edmund Kemper (The Co-ed Killer), and the Zodiac Killer, in an effort to construct a psychosocial profile of each and to attempt to pinpoint the various developmental factors that contributed to their eventual criminality. Finally, early intervention strategies are explored that can potentially redirect a child’s developmental trajectory away from crime and deviance, and toward a more adaptive and socially acceptable behavioral repertoire. This book will be an insightful resource to all law enforcement professionals, policymakers, police academics, psychologists, psychiatrists, and many others in the helping professions as well.

The Mephisto Club

The Mephisto Club
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0739326244

I have sinned is written in Latin at the seen of a murder that Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli swiftly link to celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell whose a member of the Mephisto Club.

Sailors Tacking from Murder (Large Print)

Sailors Tacking from Murder (Large Print)
Author: Bob Gebhardt
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1312336129

A down to earth, wealthy and industrious young woman, who was quite fond and compassionate for her elderly uncle, became mired in down in his Murder. This uncle is the source of her original wealth and was to name her in his will. She was not only a suspect; she became the subject of mortal danger from others who conspired to receive her part of his estate. Her Uncle Stan always tried to push her and other close relatives into accomplishing great things. In his elder and sickly years Jill continued catering to her uncle by visiting him and frequently reading adventures of sailing the Caribbean to him and pretending they were the participants. On his death he continued challenging her and others, in his will, and in this case to become sailors, as in their lounge chair adventures. To receive an additional portion of the inheritance she and others were challenged to learn to sail and single hand a sizable sailboat from North Florida to Key West but sabotage was on the menu.

The Mammoth Book of Killers at Large

The Mammoth Book of Killers at Large
Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: C & R Crime
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1780333625

Reason to be afraid - over 50 unsolved cases of serial murder Fact: murderers and serial killers do not always get caught. Behind every headline of a newsworthy conviction lie other cases of vicious murderers who got away, and who remain somewhere among us. Here in one giant volume are more than 50 of the most serious serial killings and other murder cases that continue to remain unsolved. The cases covered in this alarming book include: " Argentina's crazed highway killer, responsible for mutilating and killing at least five people since 1997, and dumping their bodies along remote highways " The Green River Killer, believed to be a middle-aged white man, who has claimed at least 49 lives to date in the Seattle-Tacoma area " South Africa's 'Phoenix Strangler', suspected of killing 20 women in the province of KwaZulu Natal. " The Twin Cities Killer - either one or several people responsible for a series of over 30 murders on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul, where the victims were mostly prostitutes " Costa Rica's elusive 'El Psicópata' (The Psychopath), thought to have murdered at least 19 people in this small quiet Central American country " 'The Monster of Florence', responsible for a series of 15 sexual slayings just outside Florence In each case it is not just the crimes that are horrifying and fascinating, but the response of local police and authorities to the lack of a conviction. Local authorities may fear to admit the continued existence of a serial killer at large; whilst police bodies face the temptation to 'tidy up' loose unsolved murders under the aegis of other admitted crimes.

Murdered innocence Look through the eyes of serial killer Keith Jesperson

Murdered innocence Look through the eyes of serial killer Keith Jesperson
Author: Kelley Hunter
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1300282770

This is an in-depth interview between the author and Keith Jesperson, the notorious serial killer. Keith describes his murders, the last moments of his victims life and what he thinks made him kill in the first place. This is a must read for psychology professionals, behavioral specialists, law enforcement, forensic and criminal justice teachers and those that have a facination with true crime. This book is graphic and horrifying and is considered adult content.This may provide answers for why a person murders not only one person, but eight women;murdered innocence