Frank Carlson Library

"An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. 'Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,' DC Metro Police dispatch says. 'A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.' Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail--it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War-era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate...

IN THE CITY BY THE BAY IT'LL TAKE TWO EXPERIENCED FBI AGENTS TO BRING AN END TO A SERIAL KILLER'S REIGN.  The quicker Special Agent Christina Sandoval brings a serial killer to justice, the sooner she can get back to her daughter. Reason enough for the FBI to send her a partner-;who also happens to be her ex-fiancé, Eric Brody.   While Eric's own kidnapping as a child has left him with a sense of justice that never failed, his relationship with...

"Called to the scene of a killer's latest victim, Laramie PD chief Willa Nelson and Sheriff Daniel Clark must work together despite jurisdictional differences. But as their investigation leads to a cold case, Willa has to trust Daniel with the truth. As the bodies pile up and the pressure mounts, they find themselves facing more than one unstoppable killer"--

After making a successful true crime writing and filmmaking career revolving around the murders that shook his hometown decades earlier, Rich Chizmar is terrified when the killings begin again, in the sequel to Chasing the Boogeyman. Back in the summer of 1988, serial killer Joshua Gallagher-- dubbed "The Boogeyman" by the media-- stalked a tranquil Maryland town. A young Richard Chizmar was catapulted into the center of the nightmare, being the...

"Remembering a serial killer's face could be deadly. While interviewing the Coastline Strangler's only surviving victim, forensic artist Scarlet Wells is attacked and left with amnesia. Now she's his next mark and has no choice but to work with constable Jace Allen to unlock the criminal's true identity trapped in her mind. Will they be able to recover the hidden memory and hunt down the killer before he strikes again?" -- Back cover.

When she discovers that the man believed responsible for murdering her best friend fifteen years earlier is innocent, investigative journalist Abigail Winthrop teams up with Special Agent Paul Harrison to find the real killer.

"Tom Thorne finally has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. His love life is newly reformed by a promising relationship and he is happy in the job he has devoted his life to. As he sets off hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may never wake. A nightmare that has a name. Thorne's past threatens...

New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A sniper dubbed "The Long Shot Killer" is taking out impossible targets in New York City. As the unknown shooter's hit list mounts, Detective Michael Bennett calls for reinforcements. Officer Rob Trilling doesn't like to talk about himself. But he has an impressive resume as a former Army Ranger who's won a Bronze Star and recognition...

"Twenty years ago, several people were murdered in Des Moines, and the only evidence left behind was a snowman ornament hanging ominously on a tree in the victims' front lawns. With a suspect behind bars, the killings have come to an end -- or so everyone thought. But now crimes with a similar MO are happening in a small Iowa town, and a local detective believes the killer is back and ready to strike again. With little time left on the clock before...

Aboard a police boat on the Hudson River, Detective Michael Bennett casts a wary eye into the cold, rough water. NYPD is searching for a murder victim-a young college student. They find her tossed in the dark waves, dressed for a night out in a sparkly black gown. The gruesome sight fills Bennett with the dread only a father could fathom. As the obsessive killer extends his spree, a pattern emerges. One that Bennett's eldest daughter fits to a disturbing...