It's a collection of profiles of well known and less know serial killer with a story of their background and of their victim.
I think true-crime aficionados will be interested. It's an audio book to listen one chapter at a time or one after the other.
Interesting.
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This book is less of an unmasking and exploration of the motivations of these individuals, than stating their actions and the sense of unease in the areas of the acts. I think true crime fans will enjoy this, but if you are reading from a perspective of understanding the psyche and profile of extreme offenders, you won't get that. I wish we got a bit more of a focus on the victims regardless of the focus being the perpetrators. However that being said, this is still a good read for the casually interested. There is a well written chapter on each of these individuals with and the whole narrative is easy reading

The author has done a really good job of profiling and compiling 20 of the most prolific (and some lesser known) serial killers. He provides insight into the killers a little depth to their backgrounds and most importantly for me speaks the names of the victims. I have to say I appreciated that there was no personal bias or opinion added, which is important and difficult to do. The book provides a catalogue of sorts, and I find it to be a valuable piece of work.

I have a psychology background and have always had a quite in depth interest in the patterns of behaviour that serial killers display, I think most and of us are intrigued at some level. My main interest of course, as the author has sought here, is to get to the why?! Had it not been for my own background I’d probably have learned very much from this title. I’d certainly recommend it for anyone seeking facts. It’s difficult for me to rate it any higher having not learned anything new. Each of these individuals have been profiled and investigated elsewhere.

The audible narration was well performed.

My thanks to NetGalley and Bolinda Audio for this ELC

As a fan of true crime, I saw this audio book and immediately knew I wanted to give it a listen.

The narration by Tom Alexander is clear and concise and his voice fit very well for this type of book. I also liked how different accents were used when quotations from the various killers were used throughout the book.

The books that I have read about serial killers in the past have tended to all focus on certain countries for example American serial killers or British killers only. This book gave an insight into killers from all over the world and didn't stick to one continent or gender.

This was a fascinating insight into the stories behind some of the most notorious serial killers in the world and I am grateful to Bolinda audio for providing me an advance copy via Netgalley.