I'm looking for serial killer novels that meet the following criteria:
- The serial killer is a psychopath (probably, lust hedonistic type) (the killings are not done for religious, revenge or materialistic reasons)
- The killer is not interested in taunting the investigators
- The killer is not interested in the protagonist or anyone close to them
- There is no big twist about the identity of the killer (believable, tastefully done twists are great, but a character so well established suddenly revealed at the end to be the killer for the sake of the big twist is kitsch)
I'm not looking for true crime or non-fiction.
Examples of books that meet the criteria:
- Headhunter by Michael Slade
- Invisible by James Patterson & David Ellis
- Mercy by David Lindsey
- The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- A Cold Mind by David Lindsey
Examples of books that don't meet the criteria:
- The Poet – Michael Connelly
- The Mermaids Singing, by Val McDermid
- Birdman by Mo Hayder
- The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza
- I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk
by mitchmahon