John Katzenbach

After the police falter in their investigation, a retired college professor vows to track down a young woman he witnessed being snatched off the street, kidnapped by a sadistic couple who put their victim's slow torture up for public display on the Internet.

Scott Freeman a college professor grounded in the rational and practical, he becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter's room. But the reality of Ashley's plight far exceeds Scott's worst suspicions. One drink too many had led Ashley, a beautiful, bright art student, into what she thought was just a fling with a blue-collar bad boy. But now, no amount of pleading or reasoning can discourage his phone calls, ardent...

John Katzenbach's fourth novel, now back in print and with a new preface from the author, is brilliantly suspenseful, filled with the remarkable psychological insight for which Katzenbach has become revered. When burnt-out reporter Matt Cowart receives a letter from a death row inmate pleading his innocence, he is tempted to dismiss it out of hand. Sure, they're all innocent. But as the Miami newspaperman digs into the case of Robert Earl Ferguson,...

Twenty years after the asylum where he spent much of his life is closed, Francis Petrel recounts dark memories about the unsolved murder of a young nurse and anticipates an upcoming reunion with his former fellow patients.

"Five serial killers ... Known only to each other as: Alpha. Bravo. Charlie. Delta. Easy. Connected through a secure internet location, encrypted and concealed, a unique chat room they have named Jack's Special Place in homage to their ultimate model-the one killer they hold in the highest esteem: Whitechapel, London. 1888. The infamous murderer remembered in dark history as Jack the Ripper. And so, they are Jack's Boys. They delight in each other's...

On the brink of a month-long August vacation, Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, receives a mysterious, threatening letter. The unknown tormentor then lethally begins demonstrating the potential of his (or her) threats. In a race against time, Dr. Starks suddenly finds himself at the mercy of a psychopath's revenge. "Feliz 53 cumpleaños, doctor. Bienvenido al primer día de su muerte." Así comienza el anónimo que recibe el psicoanalista...

"Tras matar a su primera víctima, un adolescente que tuvo la mala fortuna de cruzarse con él, un asesino que tiene aterrorizado Miamielige como interlocutor a Anderson, reportero de uno de los periódicos más importantes de la ciudad. Anderson y el criminal establecen una relación casi enfermiza en la que el reportero intenta ganarse la confianza del asesino, a la vez que pretende desenmascararlo. Por el camino, un reguero de cadáveres y un periodista...

"La tercera entrega de la saga de El Psicoanalista, el thriller psicológico que cambió las reglas del juego. La vida del doctor Ricky Starks está marcada por una oscuridad persistente. Quince años han pasado desde que sufriera el primer ataque de una familia de psicópatas. En dos ocasiones, Starks ha logrado escapar de las garras mortales de esta familia, incluso presenciando la muerte de uno de ellos. Sin embargo, la sombra de la tragedia se...