C.E. Lawrence - Author + Composer + Performer + Musician

The Lee Campbell series is a psychological crime thriller series featuring an NYPD criminal profiler, serial killer investigations, criminal psychology, and suspenseful murder mysteries set in New York City.

Lee Campbell is a psychologist turned criminal profiler who works with the NYPD to investigate some of the city's most disturbing and complex crimes. Using his knowledge of forensic and criminal psychology, Campbell studies the behavior, motives, and patterns of dangerous criminals to help identify killers and prevent future murders.

But Campbell's professional expertise cannot protect him from his own past.

In the mid-1990s, his sister mysteriously disappeared, leaving an unsolved case that continues to haunt him. After suffering a nervous breakdown, Campbell struggles with trauma while attempting to return to his career as a police profiler.

Each investigation forces Campbell into the minds of intelligent, calculating, and psychologically disturbed criminals. He must understand how they think, anticipate what they will do next, and stop them before another victim dies.

The result is a gripping series of psychological thrillers, serial killer mysteries, police procedurals, criminal profiling investigations, and forensic psychology suspense, all centered around a complex protagonist whose own unresolved past becomes increasingly difficult to escape.

For readers who enjoy psychological crime fiction, serial killer thrillers, criminal profilers, NYPD mysteries, police investigations, forensic psychology, and dark suspense set in New York City, the Lee Campbell series delivers intelligent, character-driven crime stories with high-stakes investigations and unpredictable killers.

"A dark, intriguing thriller." - Publishers Weekly

C. E. Lawrence’s Silent series is another homegrown indulgence for thriller fans. Like Hamilton, Lawrence has created a character readers can grow to love imperfect, honorable, and entertaining. Indeed, Campbell’s entire precinct is worth revisiting. They are not some alien species, these cops—they get slighted by office politics, get the hots for one another, and spill coffee on the ties they hate to wear. Yet their dedication is heroic, and in delineating their humanity, Lawrence brings us into closer communion with the heroism in our own mundane selves. - Chronogram

"Pulse-racing, first-rate. . .a wild ride down a dark road." - John Lutz , New York Times bestselling author of Urge to Kill 

 "Carole Lawrence has achieved a rare level of authenticity, not only in character development, but also in the realistic use of behavioral science. If you want to read a serial-killer thriller that's solidly based on frightening reality, (Silent Screams) is the one." —Louis B Schlesinger, Ph.D., professor of forensic psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice 

"C. E. Lawrence is multi-talented. Her abilities in the areas of the stage, both in writing and acting, are well-known and appreciated. She is also garnering quite the reputation as an author of thriller and suspense novels; a reading of SILENT VICTIM, her latest offering, demonstrates why. Lawrence pushes plot and character boundaries to put an entirely new twist on the whole concept of the serial killer."
— Joe Hartlaub via BookReporter.com 

A ritualistic serial killer is stalking women in New York City—and NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell must stop him before he kills again.

The killer calls himself the Slasher. He chooses his victims carefully, turning each murder into a horrifying ritual as his fantasies become increasingly violent. When a young woman is found brutally murdered and her body deliberately arranged.

But Lee Campbell, a psychologist turned NYPD criminal profiler, sees something the detectives don't. The murder isn't simply a crime of passion. The ritualistic details point to a killer who is developing a distinct psychological pattern—and Campbell believes he is witnessing the emergence of a full-blown serial killer.

As Campbell studies the killer's behavior, he realizes the murderer is escalating. Another victim has already been chosen.

Now Campbell must enter the darkest recesses of the criminal mind to identify the killer, understand his fantasies, and predict where he will strike next. At the same time, Campbell is forced to confront the traumatic memories of his own past, including the unsolved disappearance of his sister.

With a killer preparing to make his next move, Campbell is racing against the clock.

The Slasher is a psychological crime thriller and serial killer mystery featuring an NYPD criminal profiler, criminal psychology, ritualistic murder, forensic profiling, and a deadly cat-and-mouse investigation through New York City.

Before the next victim screams, Lee Campbell has to find the killer.  

Two apparent suicides. One escalating serial killer. And NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell must uncover the truth before another victim dies.

At first, the deaths look like suicides. Within a single week, two people are found dead in New York City—one floating in the East River and another electrocuted in a bathtub.

But forensic evidence reveals a horrifying truth: neither victim died by suicide. Both were drugged and deliberately murdered.

As the body count rises, so does the brutality. The killer, dubbed "The Flesh Collector" by investigators, has developed a terrifying signature. He doesn't simply kill his victims—he leaves behind gruesome messages designed to taunt the NYPD and challenge investigators to understand his motives.

NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell joins the investigation, using criminal psychology and behavioral profiling to enter the mind of a killer whose crimes are becoming increasingly violent and unpredictable.

Campbell knows that the murder scenes contain clues to the Flesh Collector's psychological profile. Every detail could reveal the killer's identity, his next target, or the reason behind his obsession.

But the investigation is becoming personal.

As Campbell gets closer to the truth, the Flesh Collector gets closer to Campbell. And stopping this serial killer may require Campbell to enter the most dangerous territory of all—the mind of a murderer who may already have chosen his next victim.

The Flesh Collector is a psychological crime thriller and serial killer mystery featuring an NYPD criminal profiler, forensic investigation, criminal psychology, gruesome murders, behavioral profiling, and a deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit through New York City.

The killer is watching. Campbell is hunting him. But who is really hunting whom?

A young woman is picked up at a Manhattan nightclub and later found dead in a Bronx park. Her blood has been drained from her body—and NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell is hunting a killer with a terrifying obsession.

She is young, healthy, beautiful, and seemingly the perfect victim for a killer stalking New York City's nightlife. After meeting the murderer at a trendy Manhattan nightclub, she disappears. Her body is later discovered in a Bronx park, pale and strangely peaceful in death.

But the forensic evidence reveals a horrifying secret: her blood has been deliberately drained from her body in a slow, methodical, ritualistic killing.

Lee Campbell, a psychologist turned NYPD criminal profiler, has investigated some of New York City's most disturbing murders. He has studied the behavior of serial killers, psychopaths, and violent criminals, but this murderer is different.

The killer is obsessed with blood. He carefully selects his victims and treats each murder as an intimate, almost loving ritual. To Campbell, the killings reveal a deeply disturbed psychological fantasy—and a predator who is becoming increasingly confident and dangerous.

As Campbell follows the clues through Manhattan's nightlife and the darker corners of New York City, the investigation begins to trigger demons from his own troubled past.

To catch this blood-obsessed serial killer, Campbell must understand the psychology behind the murders before another young woman becomes the perfect victim.

A dark psychological crime thriller and serial killer mystery featuring NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell, forensic psychology, behavioral profiling, ritualistic murder, blood obsession, and a deadly investigation across New York City.

The killer believes his victims belong to him. Campbell has to prove him wrong—before the next woman disappears.

A brilliant serial killer is targeting New York City—and NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell may be the real target.

The killer is methodical. He chooses his victims with precision, stalks them with cold efficiency, and plans each murder with mathematical logic. His attacks are carefully calculated, his victims deliberately chosen, and every crime follows a set of rules only he understands.

Then the first letter arrives at the NYPD.

Criminal profiler Lee Campbell immediately recognizes the challenge. The killer isn't simply confessing to murder—he is daring Campbell to match wits with an intelligent, calculating criminal who appears to be several steps ahead of the police.

Dubbed the "Alleyway Strangler," the killer begins leaving specially targeted messages at each crime scene. The murders become increasingly disturbing, with carefully planned injuries and clues designed specifically for Campbell to find.

At first, Campbell believes the killer wants to challenge him.

Then he realizes the horrifying truth.

The messages aren't just a game. They're part of a calculated psychological attack designed to destroy Campbell himself.

As the Alleyway Strangler's murders escalate, Campbell must decode the killer's rules, understand his psychological profile, and determine who will be targeted next—all while confronting a murderer who seems to know far too much about him.

The Alleyway Strangler is a psychological crime thriller and serial killer mystery featuring NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell, behavioral profiling, forensic investigation, psychological manipulation, calculated murders, and a deadly cat-and-mouse game set in New York City.

The killer has a plan.
The killer has rules.
And Campbell is already part of the game. 

An actress is murdered wearing a white mask. Her killer has already chosen his next victim. NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell must find him before the next performance becomes a murder scene.

Lee Campbell arrives at an apartment building in New York City to investigate a brutal murder. The victim lies in the lobby in a pool of blood, her face concealed beneath a white mask.

Campbell soon discovers that the victim was an actress rehearsing for a play at an off-Broadway theater. As he investigates her life and the people around her, he begins to suspect that the murder may be connected to the theater—and that the killer has carefully staged every detail.

Then one of the victim's co-stars receives a chilling warning:

"You're next."

Now NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell must determine why the killer is targeting the theater's actors, what the white mask means, and who will be chosen next.

Campbell realizes the murderer may be rehearsing too. The first killing could be only the opening act of a carefully planned series of murders.

As the killer prepares for his next performance, Campbell races to identify him before another actor becomes a victim—and before the final curtain falls.

A psychological crime thriller and serial killer mystery featuring NYPD criminal profiler Lee Campbell, an off-Broadway theater, a masked murder, forensic investigation, criminal psychology, and a deadly cat-and-mouse pursuit through New York City.

The first victim is dead.
The next victim has been warned.
And the killer is preparing for his next performance.