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Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The author] reveals [in this book] that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people--one in twenty-five--has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse.... They can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt.... Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
""Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the bestselling tradition of The Psychopath Test and The Sociopath Next Door, a compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths in our lives, written by the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy. Kent A. Kiehl, who created the Mind Mobil MRI System to study psychopaths in prison populations, has collected the world's largest repository of forensic neuroscience, with scans of more than five hundred psychopaths and...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A boy, Keith Hayward, is drawn to an irresistible fascination with death and the taking of life. His Uncle Till, who has led a shadowy career as local celebrity "Ladykiller," recognizes his nephew's nature and tutors him in the art of doing ill without getting caught.
5) Shockwave
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Just before daybreak, a body washes up on a pristine beach. The dead man's skull has been bashed open, and his upper body is covered in neo-Nazi tattoos. An anonymous photographer e-mails an image of the scene to the local news, spurring the police to instantaneous response. Searching for suspects at one of the town's "homeless-by-choice" encampments, the cops pick up Homer, a "walking wounded" schizophrenic, who has been showing off a wristwatch...
Author
Series
Bobby Dollar series volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Angel Bobby Dollar sets out to rescue his girlfriend Casimira being held hostage in the netherworld by the demon Eligor while also trying to elude an undead psychopath named Smyler.
8) Wicked lies
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Series
Language
English
Description
Laura Adderley didn't plan to get pregnant by her soon-to-be ex-husband, though she'll do anything to protect her baby. Meanwhile, reporter Harrison Frost is asking questions about the mysterious group of women who live at Siren Song lodge. Harrison hasn't figured out Laura's connection to the story yet, but psychopath Justice Turnbull knows--and he's coming.
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Series
Language
English
Description
In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers...
11) Uninvited
Author
Series
Uninvited series volume 1
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Davy Hamilton tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, everyone believes it is only a matter of time before she murders someone.
12) Tick tock
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
NYC's number one detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem-- someone is recreating the crimes of infamous killers from New York's history. Bennett enlists the help of a former colleague, FBI Agent Emily Parker.
13) Room: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
Told entirely in the language of five-year-old Jack, describes the bond between parent and child, and what it means to journey from one world to another.
14) In the forest
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
O'Brien takes her reader into the mind of Michen O'Kane, a murder who terrorizes the countryside of western Ireland, and traces his transformation from a neglected child to a twisted killer. In the Forest is based on a true story of local horror, and O'Brien provides fragments of O'Kane's story while leaving her reader to try and make sense of his psyche.
15) The next to die
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Series
Language
English
Description
A psychopath the police have dubbed "Billy Dead Mates" is targeting pairs of best friends, and killing them one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book. Detectives have failed to catch Billy, or figure out what the white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books-- a stranger gave it to her at a gig she did last year. Was the stranger Billy,...
19) Think twice
Author
Series
Rosato and Associates novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice Connelly invites her twin sister, Bennie Rosato, over for dinner, drugs her, and buries her alive, intent on taking over her twin's life for a few days and stealing her fortune.
20) Twisted prey
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now a powerful U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series. Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before. A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate, where Lucas had predicted she'd fit right in. He was also convinced that she'd been responsible for three murders, though he'd never been able to prove it. Once a psychopath had...
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