The Wicked Game of a Serial Killer: Hide and Seek

by Stan Hendriks

Lucas Izod is young, brilliant, and obscenely wealthy. He doesn’t grieve. He doesn’t regret. When something precious slips through his fingers, he begins a cold and calculated spree, mutilating and murdering innocent women. Each kill is methodical. Each victim a symbol. The Imperious Killer is born, and Lucas wears the name like a badge of honor.

Ray spent years hunting monsters like Lucas. He knows how they think. But this one moves differently—too precise, too theatrical, too clean. When the daughter of Ray’s closest friend is found brutalized, he returns to the hunt and teams up with Arthur, a high-functioning psychopath whose mind mirrors the killer’s.

Arthur doesn’t feel. He doesn’t flinch. He understands. Ray and Arthur form an alliance that shouldn't work, yet it might be the only way forward. One man driven by purpose. One by logic. Both drawn into Lucas’s deadly design.

He isn’t rehearsing. He’s building his legend. And he won’t stop until the world knows his name—and remembers it in blood.

356 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2024

About the author

Stan Hendriks is an author from The Netherlands. He always had and still has an extraordinarily rich fantasy. He loves to write about whatever story pops up in his head but after having written in various genres, he now focuses completely on writing horror, dark romance, and thriller novels. Putting his thoughts and stories onto paper is his big passion but in his free time, he also likes to work out, watch movies, read books, and share a drink with his friends.

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Reviews

[Antoinette Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG, this book was absolutely incredible! It grabbed my attention from start to finish. Lucas, the killer, is a chilling example of a remorseless psychopath, openly recounting his years of murder after being caught.

Told through multiple POVs, including Lucas and Ray, a former FBI agent turned PI, the story dives into a gripping hunt for justice after a friend’s daughter is killed. No mystery about who the killer is—just an intense, edge-of-your-seat read!

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

Omg sooo good! I just happened to see this book by an unknown author that intrigued me and once I started I could not put it down. From the perspective of a serial killer and the team chasing the killer, the whole story unfolds in front of you and keeps you hooked. I'm downloading the second book right now and I have no idea what it is going to be about but I am excited to find out

[Mallory · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars…I liked the concept a lot. Was it a literary masterpiece? No. It was entertaining and Arthur was my favorite character 🤣 sometimes when reading a story there is one character that you wish just didn’t exist and to me that was Ray’s wife. She drove me crazy. I think there are more Wicked Games books so I will check them out.

[Janis Perry · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow

All I can say is wow. I learned a lot from this book about the mind of a psychopath. Lucas was a real nut case.

[Holly Still · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 stars

[Susan Schroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably would have given 5 stars, but I listened on audible, and it was narrated by virtual voice. Very annoying.

[Katie Peck · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why are the paragraphs so long?????!