Title: The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Author: Ann Rule ★★★★ Summary: Meeting in 1971 at a Seattle crisis clinic, Ann Rule and Ted Bundy developed a friendship and correspondence that would span the rest of his life. Rule had no idea that when they went their separate … Continue reading Review: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Top Ten: True Crime on My TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme was a Halloween freebie. Since I don't really read horror, suspense, or anything remotely "spooky" (at least on purpose), I wanted to highlight some of the more violent true crime on my tbr! ♥ The Art of the English … Continue reading Top Ten: True Crime on My TBR
Review: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Title: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Author: Patrick Radden Keefe ★★★ Summary: In December 1972, Jean McConville was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders; her ten children never saw her again until her body was found in 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy … Continue reading Review: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Review: The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Title: The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir Author: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich ★★★★ Summary: Before Alex Marzano-Lesnevich began working at a law firm, they thought they were staunchly anti-death penalty. But once they heard convicted murderer Ricky Langley speak on his crimes, they realized they wanted him to die. Shocked by the reaction, … Continue reading Review: The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Review: Mindhunter by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Title: Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Authors: John Douglas & Mark Olshaker ★ Summary: Over 25 years, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of the 20th century. Using his uncanny ability to become both predator and prey, … Continue reading Review: Mindhunter by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Review: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Title: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State KillerAuthor: Michelle McNamaraRating: ★★★★Summary: For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and … Continue reading Review: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Review: Incendiary by Michael Cannell
Title: Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal ProfilingAuthor: Michael CannellRating: ★★Summary: Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling. Note: an eARC of this … Continue reading Review: Incendiary by Michael Cannell
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