The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers

Mitzi has a diamond eye for a good story and assembles her anthologies like carefully crafted pieces of engineering, regardless of genre. An editor with the Midas touch. Maxim Jakubowski, author of The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths In this new anthology, editor Mitzi Szereto collects some of the days very best true crime writing focused on one (troubling, fascinating, compelling) strand of the crime world: serial killers. CrimeReads For anyone interested in serial killers, The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers is a must read. Best of Crime Book Reviews The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers definitely will appeal to the sophisticated and experienced true crime reader. The anthology is outstanding. Dan Zupansky, author and host of True Murder If you're a lover of everything serial killers then this book by Mitzi Szereto is the one for you... A definite future classic. Tina's Inundation Fascinating! The book is a fast read. I found it to be interesting to read about the different killer mentioned discussed in the book. Id recommend this book to anyone who has any interest in serial killers. Fabulous and Fun Wonderfully written, these stories will take you on a journey that will chill you to the bone, horrify you, even terrify you but its a journey you will be compelled to finish. Amazing book, one of the best true crime books Ive read in a long time. Readers Favorite A very interesting and informative read!!! Donadees Corner This anthology is a perfect read for true crime fans. The Nerdy Girl Express The cases are maybe less well-known than the usual cases that pop up when you do an online search for serial killers. Nevertheless, all these killers had a huge impact on their communities, countries, and beyond.... Well written. Defrosting Cold Cases Cant get enough true crime stories? Anthologist Mitzi Szereto has put together a collection of short pieces about serial killers that will help to satisfy the needs of any true crime junkie.... This book will be a must-have for any fans of true crime literature. Manhattan Book Review The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers is an extremely enlightening and eye-opening addition to the true crime genre that had me Googling and debating so much that it took me longer to read than was justifiable. In short, its a rabbit-hole kind of book. Buckle up and take notes, true crime junkies. Get On My Damn Level book reviews True Crime addicts will devour this book. The portraits of these psychopaths will mesmerize and horrify everyone who reads it. Aphrodite Jones, bestselling True Crime author This compelling collection of serial killer stories is more than its beautifully told partsit adds up to a clear and startling portrait of murder as an addiction and the very human demons that haunt the lives of killers and victims alike. Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoners Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz-Age New York This is by far the best book about serial killers Ive ever readand Ive probably read more than is good for my mental health. The writers each have unique insightssometimes because they have encountered the killers they describe, always because they can get further into the unfathomable minds of the killers through their sensitivity. Chilling, very moving (those poor victims), but above all, essential reading. Peter Guttridge, critic and crime fiction author The latest collection of true crime stories compiled by Mitzi Szereto will more than satisfy those crime writers and readers amongst us who have that voyeuristic fascination for crime in all its ugly perspectives. From the virtually crime-free, ultra-respectable suburbs of Japan to the mean streets of South America where life i

Mitzi Szereto (mitziszereto.com) is a multi-genre author and anthology editor of more than two dozen books in the areas of crime, gothic fiction, horror, cozy mystery, satire, parody, sci-fi/fantasy, paranormal romance, erotic fiction and assorted non-fiction.

Table of Contents IntroductionMitzi Szereto The Quiet Man in the Overalls Struggled to be HeardStephen Wade The Accidental Serial KillerCraig Pittman The Rat ManJoe Turner Fred and Rose West: The Cultural Legacy of Serial MurderFrancesca Roe Buxom Belle: Her Own StoryVicki Hendricks Ye Should Nae Kill: Glasgows Bible Bashing Serial StranglerLee Mellor Interview with a Serial KillerJames Young The Stranger in the SquareDanuta Kot The Kievo MonsterMitzi Szereto Connecting the DotsMarcie Rendon The First of CriminalsMartin Edwards The Beast of BCMike Browne Australias Brownout MurdersAnthony Ferguson The Man in Black and the Silver Screen: The Life and Crimes of Peter MooreMark Fryers Jolly Jane and the DeaconRichard O Jones The Bluebeard of RomeDeirdre Pirro References About the Editor About the Contributors