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Special Delivery 8 reviews Bill G. Cox
Pinnacle, 2001
One of the best true crime books I've read
+ Grisly and gripping! Not for the faint of heart.
This was definately the 2nd best true crime book I've read (1st was Damaged Goods) and I've read at least 50 or 60. This author did an EXCELLENT job. I read this book in less than 1 day. It was very disturbing to know how the mother and her 3 children were killed and the torture they put little ...
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Crime of the Century, The 8 reviews Dennis L. Breo
Bantam, 1993
Frightening!
+ Almost Perfect True Story! + RIVETING, SHOCKING AND IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN!
First of all, I find it hard to believe that this book is out of print. I must assume that it did not sell well in its original print. Because of the circumstances surrounding this case, it is truly frightening. Richard Speck entered the townhouse at 2319 100th Street in Chicago and murdered ...
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The Misbegotten Son 22 reviews Jack Olsen
Island Books, 1993
BRILLIANT
+ A sociopathic child killer. + WHAT A STORY! + Just a note on the diagnosis of pyroluria + Over long yet Brilliant study of Evil!
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Cannibal 11 reviews Lois Jones
Berkley Pub Group, 2005
WOW!
+ Great book + Horrific True Story + Interesting Read
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Cruel Sacrifice 79 reviews Aphrodite Jones
Pinnacle, 2005
Good book, but sad true story
+ Cruel Sacrifice + Excellent! A true page turner!
Couldn't put the book down. I'm going to school for forensics. Very interesting case to study.
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Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells 29 reviews Diane Fanning
St. Martin's True Crime, 2003
Another great true crime book
+ A roaming serial killer.
Diane has managed to do it again. A well written book that takes you into the demented mind of Tommy Lynn Sells. I can only imagine the research that went into this book. Cross-Country killers are especially hard to write about because their crimes are so widespread.
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The Night Stalker 64 reviews Philip Carlo
Pinnacle, 2000
An insightful and well-written account of true crime.
+ True Crime the way it should be: dark, real, gritty, scary + The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo + Scary, suspenseful, very detailed biography... + The Complete Night Stalker.
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All I Want To Do Is Kill (Pinnacle True Crime) 10 reviews Dale Hudson
Pinnacle, 2007
Teenage Girls Gone Bad
+ Good Book, Sad Story + Very Disturbing Story + THIS BOOK GAVE ME NIGHTMARES
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Precious Angels: A True Story of Two Slain Children and a Mother convicted of Murder (Onyx True Crime, Je 853) 58 reviews Barbara Davis
Onyx, 1999
I had to read it.
+ Very Interesting
I was in the true crime section of my local Waldenbooks when this cover caught my eye. A white sofa with a teddybear and the bloody handprint of a small child. I've been a true crime buff since I read Helter Skelter in the mid-80's, but, being the mother myself of two sons (who are now in their ...
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Under the Bridge 16 reviews Rebecca Godfrey
Pocket, 2007
EXCELLENT Read
+ Should make an interesting film
THE VERY BEST TRUE CRIME novel I've ever read...and I've read a TON. I could NOT put this book down...period...hands down.
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The Stranger Beside Me: Revised and Updated Edition 179 reviews Ann Rule
Signet, 1981
Great, fascinating book
+ Ann Rule Is A Victim Too + Very gripping + Some comments.... + Very Creepy
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An Invisible Man: The Hunt for a Serial Killer Who Got Away With a Decade of Murder 12 reviews Stephanie A. Stanley
Berkley, 2006
VERY WELL WRITTEN
+ A murdering peeping tom. + Well Written True Crime Book + Very scary page-turner
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Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer! 61 reviews Harold Schechter
Pocket, 1998
Could it be?
+ Schecter's best + Cant Put This Book Down
This book kept me at the edge of my seat... or pillow, depending on what time of day I was reading. It was an easy read, but yet gripping and almost to much to believe.
I must know, is this truly fact, or fiction? If you look at page 3, you see a note that reads "This book is a work of ...
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Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer 50 reviews Donald H. Gaskins, Wilton Earle
Adept, 1992
Very interesting read
+ The Best True Crime Book Of All + A few things unanswered..........
As someone who lives in Sumter, SC I've heard a good bit about Pee Wee Gaskins. He actually used to live in a house right down the street from where I sit now. In any case, I have talked with people who are friends and who actually knew Pee Wee back when he hung around places like The Neck, (which ...
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The Man with Candy 18 reviews Jack Olsen
Simon & Schuster, 2000
interestingly profound book
+ A compelling read + Well written page-turner about one of America's most evil murderers
First off, the book itself was in very excellent condition. The books content is a very somber and hideous account of one of the most tragic and horrifying murders of young kids this country has ever seen. From 1971 to 1973 many young teen-agers met the end of their lives in very torturistic ways. ...
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Monster 14 reviews Steve Jackson
Pinnacle, 1999
A Very Well Written True Crime
+ Very Intense book + A BOOK FOR TRUE CRIME FANS + Compelling, but Poorly Edited and Organized + One of the best true crime books
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Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder 99 reviews Ann Rule
Signet, 1988
Sad tale of a Mother who Murdered
+ The Sociopathic Woman + Best true crime book ever
This is a riveting and spellbinding book about a woman who let her sick obsessions overrule her heart and her love for her children. It is a story about selfishness and desire. It is about how children become pawns in a world of lust and greed and how they paid the ultimate price. Thankfully, ...
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Bad Blood: A Family Murder in Marin County 1 review Richard M. Levine
Signet, 1983
A Good Read About a Bad Family
I read an exerpt of this book in Playboy somewhere around 1982 and never forgot about it. I didn't got around to picking up the book until recently. The surprising factor here is that the girl who commited the murders (along with her boyfriend) did not come from Marin. She spent nearly her whole ...
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A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library) 21 reviews Sally Chew
St. Martin's True Crime, 1999
It was interesting..
It was a really interesting story... kind of haunting. It's amazing to know the truth behind stories like that.. it's almost unreal how evil people can really be. But the author covered it well, and it was a good book.
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Property Of Folsom Wolf 11 reviews Don Lasseter
Pinnacle, 1995
Good True Crime for the True Crime Reader
+ Has everyone who read this book met Greg and Cindy? + OPINION OF A FAMILY MEMBER + Entertaining but untrue
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