Tag Archives: serial killers

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Confessions of a Gentleman Killer – Johnny Payne

Posted on October 31, 2023 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “If I didn’t kill them afterward, you’d say I was the perfect client, boyfriend, husband, or lover. And believe me, that’s the man I want to be, the man I tried to be. And failed.” It’s … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Serial Killers: Horror and Murder: Scary and True Stories of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers the World has Ever Seen! – Frank C. Chastain

Posted on October 18, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Don’t be fooled by the book cover! You may think it was taken right out of a tabloid headline. No, Serial Killers takes a mostly objective look at some of the world’s darkest and most notorious … Continue reading →

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The Skin Room – Morgan Fleetwood

Posted on October 11, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I was already imagining her insides —I am not one to stop at the body naked. My imagination ran behind the flesh, into the pulp. I imagined her glistening innards, her yellow and purple heart, the … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Mother Of – Lauren Coffin

Posted on October 6, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Meredith Mayes is facing the unthinkable. Her husband and son died in a car crash ten years ago. Now, her other son Percy has been penned with the nicknames “The Minor Street Monster”, “The Ann Arbor … Continue reading →

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The Festival Killer: An RJ Rox Thriller – Jo McCready

Posted on February 21, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “Who knows the heart of a man and what moves in that darkness?” James Bridie (1888-1951) Scottish playwright,                                      … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Gentleman Killer – Johnny Payne

Posted on January 29, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “If I didn’t kill them afterward, you’d say I was the perfect client, boyfriend, husband, or lover. And believe me, that’s the man I want to be, the man I tried to be. And failed.” It’s … Continue reading →

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Fatal Beauty (A Cleve Hawkins Detective Novel) – R.C. Hartson

Posted on April 2, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) A serial killer is terrorizing Chicago, and the victims are young women. However, when private investigator Cleve Hawkins’ new client wants him to locate her sister, he initially thinks that she just doesn’t want to be … Continue reading →

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Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse

Posted on October 21, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) It surprises me that legendary basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has now written fifteen books since he retired from sports. His fascination with the Arthur Conan Doyle books has him writing his third installment in a series … Continue reading →

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Combustible Punch: An enthralling and unnerving probe into the complex mind of a murderer – Paul Michael Peters

Posted on October 17, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It’s never the pain at the moment that hurts us. It’s that we are always going to have it, always going to carry it with us. “ Rick Phillips never fully recovered from a high school … Continue reading →

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Mr. Glamour – Richard Godwin

Posted on April 30, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) This is a dark murder mystery based on the jet- set crowd of London. Two detectives assigned to the case have very demented and bizarre personal lives. Oddly enough, they’re after a serial killer who seeks … Continue reading →

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