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Tag Archives: serial killers
An UnderratedRead Revisited: Confessions of a Gentleman Killer – Johnny Payne
(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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Tagged crime fiction, dark, Historical fiction, London, serial killers
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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
(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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Tagged Crime, murder, Non-fiction, psychopaths, serial killers
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The Skin Room – Morgan Fleetwood
(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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Tagged crime fiction, dark fiction, psychological thriller, serial killers, suspense
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Mother Of – Lauren Coffin
(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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Tagged dark fiction, serial killers
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The Festival Killer: An RJ Rox Thriller – Jo McCready
(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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Tagged British crime, crime fiction, serial killers
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Confessions of a Gentleman Killer – Johnny Payne
(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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Historical Fiction
Tagged crime fiction, London, serial killers
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Fatal Beauty (A Cleve Hawkins Detective Novel) – R.C. Hartson
(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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Tagged crime fiction, noir, serial killers
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Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse
(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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Tagged mystery, serial killers, Sherlock Holmes
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Combustible Punch: An enthralling and unnerving probe into the complex mind of a murderer – Paul Michael Peters
(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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Tagged Crime, murder, serial killers
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Mr. Glamour – Richard Godwin
(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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Tagged British crime, murder, serial killers
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