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Antiheroes, bad guys or revenge seekers, no matter what you call them, everyone can empathize with a charceter so bad you just love to hate them. Perfect for the adventurous reader with a dark side!
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They Never Learn
Layne Fargo - Gallery/Scout Press
Format: Hardcover
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Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she's even better at getting away with murder. Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she's avoided drawing attention to herself... |
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Carrie
Stephen King - Pocket Books
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A modern classic, "Carrie" introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking... |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game
Patricia Highsmith - Everyman's Library; 2nd Printing edition
Format: Book
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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time.Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the inimitable Tom Ripley, stops at nothing--not even murder-- to accomplish his goals.... |
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Dexter in the Dark: A Novel
Jeff Lindsay - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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"One of the most likable vigilante serial killers" (The New Yorker) faces his ultimate adversary ... an evil so terrifying it scares away Dexters inner monster - and nearly dries up his sense of humor - in this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel.In his work as a Miami crime... |
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Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname-Buffalo Bill-is stalking women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the FBI Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, chief... |
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I Hunt Killers
Barry Lyga - AudioGO
Format: Audiobook
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Jazz is a likable teenager. A charmer. But hes also the son of a (now incarcerated) infamous serial killer, and Dear Old Dad (as Jazz calls him) has taught Jazz everything he knows. But what Jazz doesnt know is whether or not he is destined to follow in his fathers footsteps. He knows... |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson - Vintage; Trade Paperback Edition edition
Format: Print book
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An International Bestselling Sensation A murder mystery, family saga, love story, and a tale of financial intrigue wrapped into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families, disappeared over forty years ago.... |
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Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel
Peter Swanson - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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"Fiendish good fun." -- Anthony HorowitzFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation... |
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The Night Strangers: A Novel
Chris Bohjalian - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. |
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The Last Flight: A Novel
Julie Clark - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover
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Two women. Two Flights. One last chance to disappear.Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed... |
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The Grownup: A Story by the Author of Gone Girl (Kindle Single)
Gillian Flynn - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Gillian Flynns Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.. A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading... |
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A Time to Kill: A Novel of Retribution
John Grisham
Format: Book
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The life of a ten-year-old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless white men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until the girl’s father acquires an assault... |
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