Zev’s Comments (group member since Feb 26, 2019)

Zev’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

Could it be "Take A Bow" by Elizabeth Eulberg?

This might be a long shot, but could it be "curse of camp cold lake" by R L Stine?

He murders people he meets online. He has to really convince some of them to meet him. The teenagers willingly go to meet him, though. Murdering people is a power trip for him. I think he thought he was immortal at some point?

I remember him being idle rich due to an inheritance. The story took place in the USA, on the east coast in the winter or fall. I think it took place in the early 2000s or late 90s. The internet was pretty new in this book and meeting people from it was seen as bizarre and dangerous.

Thank you for helping with the subject line! I wasn’t really sure what to put in.

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This might be a long shot, but could it be "seven types of ambiguity" by Elliot Perlman? A kidnapping happens in order to enable a divorce. The couple's marriage was already falling apart.

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Could it be "the killer's wife" by Bill Floyd?

A Time For Dancing" by Davida Wills Hurwin.

In the night kitchen" by Maurice Sendak.

Could it be "what remains" by Helene Dunbar?

NOT "Come to me by Moonlight" by Mary Downing Hahn.
NOT "Sweetblood."

Vague info and spoilers.
I read this between 2005-2012. It may have been part of a series. It was a dual or possibly multiple pov novel, and I think NA or thriller. This was written in third-person omniscient, past tense. Victor was the antagonist, and he led the protagonist to believe he was a vampire. He was an adult and I think the person he was talking to was a teenager. In the end, it was revealed he was human. They met online. Victor was murdering people by stabbing and someone was trying to take him down. The huge showdown at the end was at a funeral home or church, and the person trying to take Victor down lit part of the building on fire. What did Victor in, though, was being stabbed. He was startled by the fire. He ran into a corner on accident, and that's how he was caught.

When he was five or so, a sick relative of his died. A cousin, I think. He was in love with her the way five-year-olds are. He didn't know what death was and couldn't understand why everyone was crying at the open casket funeral. "She looked healthier in the coffin than she had in real life." A few pages are spent on how realistic--too realistic--the makeup is and how flattering her clothing is. Victor genuinely thinks she's going to come back to life, due to how youthful and healthy she looks. The dead cousin would have never wanted everyone to wear black or be dressed in black, and Victor tried to explain that to adults. They were annoyed with him. His deceased cousin liked dark red.

It was that day, after the funeral, that he decided to become a vampire. The book goes into his transformation a little, but during most of the book he's already an adult who styles himself as a vampire in order to get the attention of teen girls. He may have kidnapped one at some point.

The detective (?) trying to take him down might have been named Peter.
I'll comment if I remember anything else.

Could it be "the sculptor" by Gregory Funaro?

Could it be "Consensual Hex" by Amanda Harlowe?

This might be a long shot, but could it be "Cycler" by Lauren McLaughlin?