Táto séria sleduje bývalého detektíva, ktorý po odchode z polície zasvätil svoj život prenasledovaniu tých najhorších zločincov. Každý prípad je starostlivo prepletený s osobnými démonmi protagonistu a ponúka mrazivú podívanú do myslí sériových vrahov. Fanúšikovia napínavých detektívok a psychologických thrillerov si prídu na svoje. Príbehy sú plné nečakaných zvratov a temnej atmosféry.
A murderer dubbed 'The Night Prowler' has turned the city that doesn't sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples' home. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. And then he leaves 'gifts' for his victims - before taking their lives. From the New Times bestselling author John Lutz.
A hard hitting and very commercial crime thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.
Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilises his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different.Jill Clark came to the city with too many hopes and too little cash. Now a seemingly deranged woman is telling her an extraordinary story. New to an exclusive dating service, Jill is warned that other women have died on their dates - and that she could be next. Struggling against a death trap closing in around her, Jill has a powerful ally in Frank Quinn. But no one knows the true motive behind a rampage of cold-blooded murder - and how much more terrifying this is going to get.
A hard hitting and very commercial crime thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.
Nestačilo mu zabíjet. Své oběti nejprve krutě mučil a pak do jejich mrtvých těl vyřízl písmeno X. Takto zohavených mrtvol bylo nalezeno celkem šest – a pak vražedná série náhle ustala. Už dlouhých pět let o sobě nedal Mistr X vědět, a policie stále nezná ani motiv jeho počínání, ani jeho identitu. Bývalý policista z oddělení vražd Frank Quinn si užívá poměrně klidného života. Založil soukromou detektivní kancelář a řeší případy, při nichž konečně nemusí nasazovat vlastní krk. Idylka trvá až do chvíle, kdy do jeho kanceláře vstoupí žena, která by podle všeho měla být několik let mrtvá. Z neznámé návštěvnice se vyklube dvojče jedné z obětí Mistra X. Nabízí Quinnovi značnou sumu za to, že dopadne sadistu, který její sestru krutě mučil, zohavil a teprve pak ji zabil. Detektiv případ přijímá a starý případ se znovu otevírá. Bohužel se ukáže, že obnovené vyšetřování probudilo i vražedný instinkt Mistra X…
When a young woman whose life he saved years ago is brutally tortured and then murdered, Frank Quinn will stop at nothing to stop a sadistic serial killer who enjoys making his victims suffer.
The infamous transsexual serial killer known as Daniel Danielle escapes from prison during a Florida hurricane and Frank Quinn fears he has returned and is wreaking havoc as the body count rises. Or it could be a copy cat killer working with stunning originality but whoever it is, this evil force must be stopped before another victim is claimed.
A former homicide detective specialising in tracking serial killers, Frank Quinn is a highly decorated ex-cop. And now his niece, Carlie Hobbs, needs help. A blonde, blue-eyed beauty, Carlie fits the victim profile of the killer who's been terrorising women - leaving them bound, gagged and tortured with surgical precision.
From New York Times bestselling author John Lutz, a brutal and brilliant Frank Quinn novel
A beautiful jogger, drained of blood, dismembered, then meticulously reassembled on the grass in Central Park. Subway derailments, plummeting elevators, collapsing construction cranes, apartment explosions--all creating a bloody, senseless puzzle. Detective Frank Quinn knows that even while the slayer is taunting the cops and the public, he's also screaming to be caught. But Quinn will have to risk everything he holds precious to bring in this killer. . .