2013: Binging on Serial Killers
Jan. 16th, 2014 06:51 pmEarly in the year I got into one of my occasional phases of interest in serial killers, and I did sone reading but was mostly dissatisfied. I'm not into reading about serial killers for the shock value of what exactly they've done, nor for the takes of the relentless detective work that brings them to justice. What I'm interested in is why they do it, what sets apart this particular group of human beings. Morrison's book came closest to what I wanted to be reading, but it was still too much about the crines and not the mind of the criminals. And unfortunately, Cornwell's new theory about the Ripper was just too far fetched.
John Douglas (with Mark Olshaker), Journey into Darkness
Roy Hazelwood (with Stephen Michaud), The Evil Men Do
Robert Keppel, The Riverman
Ann Rule, Green River, Running Red
Patricia Cornwell, Portrait of a Killer
Helen Morrison, My Life Among the Serial Killers