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1991., Vintage Books Call No: Fic Ell Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Vintage contemporaries.Summary Note: In a black satire of the eighties, a decade of naked greed and unparalleled callousness, a successful Wall Street yuppie cannot get enough of anything, including murder. Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films, released Spring 2000, starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day, while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.
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c2010., Adult, McClelland & Stewart Call No: MYS Fic Rob Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Inspector Banks mysteries Volume: 19Summary Note: "Banks is on holiday, headed for Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. His daughter, Tracy, home in Leeds and angry with her father, is headed for some very deep trouble. Robinson's nineteenth Inspector Banks novel is a stunner. Handguns are illegal in the U.K., and whenever one is reported, the police swing into high gear. But things go very wrong when the police swoop down on a home in Eastvale to seize a reported handgun. In the confusion, Patrick Doyle, a former neighbour of Banks, is shot. Doyle's daughter, Erin, is to blame for the gun being in the house, and while she's in police custody, her housemate in Leeds, Tracy Banks, decides to let Erin's boyfriend know that the police have been around their place. Bad decision. When Banks returns home from holiday, Tracy is missing. And that's not the worst of it. Robinson's latest Inspector Banks novel is a powerful story of how the volatile emotions of love and resentment can turn deadly when fear comes creeping in."--Publisher.
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2006., HarperCollins Publishers Call No: LLC Fic Igg Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Lifelong learning collection
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2003., G. P. Putnam's sons Call No: MYS Fic Cor Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Kay Scarpetta Volume: 12
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c2005., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: Fic Rob Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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2005., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: LP Fic Rob Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Thriller.
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2014., Little, Brown Call No: MYS Fic Bil Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Tom Thorne Volume: 12Summary Note: The Deal Tom Thorne is back in charge - but there's a terrifying price to pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of a body he buried twenty-five years before. But only if Thorne agrees to escort him. The Danger Unable to refuse, Thorne gathers a team and travels to a remote Welsh island, at the mercy of the weather and cut off from the mainland. Thorne is determined to get the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwit them. The Deaths But Nicklin knows this island well and has had time to plan ahead. Soon, new bodies are added to the old, and Thorne finds himself facing the toughest decision he has ever had to make...Tom Thorne returns in this utterly gripping, brilliantly plotted thriller. The Bones Beneath is Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.
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c2014., Adult, Simon & Schuster Canada Call No: MYS Fic Rei Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Temperance Brennan novels Volume: 17Summary Note: Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is back and better than ever in the 17th thriller in Kathy Reichs's series, following BONES OF THE LOST. The forensic investigator - still tough, still fascinating - will be up to her old tricks even as Reichs takes the series in a new direction that will delight her many fans. Among other surprises, fans will finally meet Tempe's much discussed (but never seen) mother and follow her quest to track down the one criminal who got away.
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c2009., St. Martin's Press Call No: Fic Bra Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the initial M as her name, and reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the catwalks of Paris, where she becomes the muse and star model to France<U+2019>s iconic designer Jean-Louis Tremont. When M meets the charming and handsome actor, Larry Vaughan in New York they fall instantly in love and marry. Soon, they become the most desired couple on the international scene, appearing on the cover of every celebrity magazine, adored by millions. With a successful career and a happy marriage, M believes she has truly put the demons of her past behind her. But M<U+2019>s fortunes are about to take another dramatic twist. A series of bizarre events turn out not to be accidents at all, but assaults on M and her family. The dark figure from M<U+2019>s past, a psychopath with deadly intent, has made a vow: to shatter M<U+2019>s world forever. But M also makes a vow: she will do everything to keep them all safe. When those you love are threatened and at risk, there<U+2019>s nothing you won<U+2019>t do to protect them<U+2026> you<U+2019>ll even resort to breaking the rules! Moving from New York to the chic fashion capitals of London and Paris, to the exotic locations of Istanbul and Hong Kong, this new tale from a renowned storyteller is a genuine pageturner."--Inside jacket.
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2021., Adult, Overlook Press Call No: Fic Isa Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins--soon to be a major film from Sony. Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--Boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Risk fuels him, as does a good philosophical debate ... like, is killing really wrong? Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear. A massive bestseller in Japan, Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller that fizzes with an incredible energy and surprising humor as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwind. Award-winning author Kotaro Isaka takes readers on a tension-packed journey as the bullet train hurtles toward its final destination. Who will make it off the train alive--and what awaits them at the last stop?
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2016., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: MYS Fic Bar Edition: Paperback. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In The Sunday Times bestselling novel 'Darkhouse,' Alex Barclay took you on a terrifying excursion to hell and back. In The Caller, she leaves you stranded there... One way in... no way out. He targets victims in their own homes, subjecting them to a terrifying ordeal before leaving their lifeless bodies in their hallway for a loved one to find. at first the murders appear unrelated, the notion of a serial killer at large almost dismissed. But the killing hasn't stopped. Back on the job after a year out, NYPD Detective Joe Lucchesi becomes the reluctant lead in the high-profile investigation. Battling with physical pain and tension in the task force and at home, he struggles to make progress. Then just when he feels close to making a breakthrough, the investigation itself is rocked by tragedy, and the body count rises...
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2019., Meraki House Publishing Call No: Fic Lec Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Fashion stylist Charlotte Williams is convinced that she found true love. But, did she also meet a dangerous psychopath? Is he following her and will he turn her life into a nightmare and have her on the run forever? Suffering from PTSD after a violent attack and with the police unable to help her, can a shelter dog that no one else wants, help her to believe in herself again?
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-- Crossfire2010., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: MYS Fic Pat Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Alex Cross novels Volume: 16Summary Note: As Detective Alex Cross contends with a D.C. sniper, FBI agent Siegel, and his upcoming wedding to Bree, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good.
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c2015., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: Fic Pyp Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Danny Orchard wrote a bestselling memoir about his near-death experience in a fire that claimed the life of his twin sister, Ashleigh, but despite the resulting fame and fortune he's never been able to enjoy his second chance at life. Ash won't let him. In life, Danny's charming and magnetic twin had been a budding psychopath who privately terrorized her family--and death hasn't changed her wicked ways. Ash has haunted Danny for twenty years and now, just when he's met the love of his life and has a chance at real happiness, she wants more than ever to punish him for being alive--so she sets her sights on Danny's new wife and stepson. Danny knows what Ash really wants is him, and he's prepared to sacrifice himself in order to save the ones he loves. The question is: will he make it back this time?.
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[2009]., Showtime Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Dexter 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dexter Volume: 3Summary Note: Dexter is back with a new take on taking life. He is ready to put the past behind him, until a high-profile case sides him with powerful Assistant DA Miguel Prado, and the pressure might be too great for even Dexter to hack.
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-- Dexter.c2010., Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Dexter 4 Edition: [Widescreen ed.]. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dexter Volume: 4Summary Note: America's favorite serial killer has gone from freewheeling bachelor to responsible husband and doting dad. Maintaining an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill has never been easy. But now, with wife and kids in tow, Dexter's got more to lose than ever, as he gets drawn into a deadly game with a killer every bit as dangerous and conflicted as he is.
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2016., Adult, Scribner Call No: Fic Kin Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "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 that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney--the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield's head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill's heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city."--Publisher.
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2015., Scribner Call No: Fic Kin Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes" --
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2005., Doubleday Call No: MYS Fic Cra Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Cole & Pike Volume: 10Summary Note: A man dying of a gunshot wound tells the police he's the father of Elvis Cole. Not having known his father, Elvis beings a search for the dead man's identity. As the investigation goes forward, a psychopath connected to the unidentified man comes to believe that Elvis is hunting him. The man, a merciless killer, goes on the attack to find Elvis before Elvis can find him.