The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers - Harold Schechter, David Everitt

Advantages: An interesting insight from two different perspectives
Disadvantages: There are no answers

...it became a significant story in Suffolk as soon as Gemma Adams went missing, sufficient to warrant headlines and at that time far more was made of Tania Nicol's disappearance as the two were seen as being possibly linked. Gemma's body was found on 2nd December, Tania's was found on 6th December but it wasn't until two days later that the world's media got involved and effectively the story that Paul Harrison is recounting. The style of the book The two authors make a fascinating combination with Paul Harrison having the news reporter's skill of bringing the story to life and investigating a little of the background of the characters. David Wilson looks in more depth into motivation, psychological profiling and the methods employed by serial killers. It works well in that the book is far more than just a chronological account... Read review

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Advantages: A great crime thriller read. Loveable characters
Disadvantages: None

...‘You wanted to see me, Super?’ ‘Ah … yes’ Mullet tried to sound disinterested. ‘This prostitute killing. Was she young … old … ?’ ‘Early twenties,’ said Frost. ‘Dark haired, medium height. Why – do you think you know her? We’re trying to trace her regulars.’ Someone is killing ‘Toms’ (prostitutes) in Denton. Is there a serial killer on the loose? Then the M.O. of the murders changes. First a child disappears, and another, and another. Are there multiple serial killers out there? Whose is the skeleton under the garden shed? What was the point of the armed robbery that went wrong? Suspects come and go – by suicide, by alibi, by design. Then there’s the police – the Super who assigns his staff to duties outside the area and who won’t sanction overtime, the sergeant who wants to be inspector but who is also pregnant, the constable who can... Read review

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Advantages: you wont be able to put it down
Disadvantages: none

...Wow what a great book, I could not put it down as every chapter ends you need to read on to the next.... the tv series did this fantastic book no justice,,,, Jeff Lindsay the author is a genius I don't really like serial killer stories as there are so many real killers in this world that I dont want to read about them, but something about this book changes that, its written in such a clever way, the fact he works for the police and is a serial killer, but with a difference, he's cleaning the streets up in a very different way to the regular police, I definatly recomend this book to everyone, I try not to read it too close to bedtime incase I get nightmares....... What it is about ... Dexter Morgan, is a man who works for the Miami Police Department as a forensic blood spatter pattern analyst. In his spare time, Dexter is a serial... Read review

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