Rick Reed

One deranged killer. One determined cop. One deadly obsession..."Readers will definitely want to see more of Reed's character Jack Murphy."—John Lutz, New York Times-bestselling author of Darker Than Night
From the moment he sees the young woman's body in her hotel bathtub, homicide detective Jack Murphy knows he's looking at a truly demented but brilliantly designed puzzle. She's been drained of blood. She's...

An Indiana detective is out to stop a killer for hire who tortures for pleasure in this crime thriller from an author who "writes as only a cop can" (Nelson DeMille).

In Detective Jack Murphy's experience, the killers who blend in are the hardest to catch. But none are as elusive—or efficient—as Mr. Smith. A man of average height, weight and build, Mr. Smith is as ordinary as his name. Which makes it easy for him

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In this gritty crime thriller, a politically explosive murder case also hits painfully close to home for the detective in charge.

The body parts of a young woman have shown up in the town landfill and homicide detective Jack Murphy is on the case. But when the victim's identity is revealed, the horrific crime takes an even darker and far more personal turn. Nina Parsons was not only a deputy prosecutor, but the rumored lover of...

When his partner is framed for murder, an Indiana detective is drawn into Louisiana's criminal underworld in this "authentic and scary" crime series (Nelson DeMille on The Cruelest Cut).

Jack Murphy knows a setup when he sees one. Proving it makes his day. Especially when it involves his own partner. Lured into a trap, Evansville PD Liddell "Bigfoot" Blanchard is accused of murdering a cop who was investigating a shadowy...

It’s the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in the cannibal killer a kindred spirit, someone who fights against the dark side of his own nature, as Emory does. He reaches out to Dahmer in prison via letters.The letters become an escape—from Emory’s mother dying from AIDS, from his uncaring...