No comments about Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg.

1 comments about The Babyface Killer (Pinnacle True Crime).

1. Author Jon Bellini does an excellent job as he describes the life and "crimes" of Lesley Eugene Warren. The book holds your attention from beginning to end! The loss of the victims is tragic and will touch every emotion...as will the facts of Lesley's childhood. His crimes are horrific...but when as a society will we learn to also prosecute the "master builders" of these sick and damaged killers?!

No comments about To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East LA Outlaw.

No comments about Jack the Ripper and the London Press.

No comments about Serial Killers (Crime).

5 comments about Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers.

1. In the book a couple of swedish murderers, or alleged murderers, are mentioned. The facts regarding these individuals, and the crimes they are supposed to have committed, have been very exaggerated. In several cases the facts are not true at all. For instance; there has been no swedish "vampire killer", dr. Haerm - who in this book is accused of several murders - was acquitted by the court of appeals in Sweden and he is not legally a suspect in his ex. wife's death. It's not hard to understand that getting facts about crimes on the other side of earth is hard and getting the facts right is probably even harder. But if these facts are inaccurate, what about the rest of the book? Instead of this book I suggest any one of Robert Ressler's biographies, or if you're into gore and blood: The killer next door by Joel Norris. Patrik E. Police officer. Sweden



2. Michael Newton has compiled the most grisly Encyclopedia imaginable - a detailed collection of some of the most notorious criminals imaginable. From relatively well known cases like the Green River Killer or Ted Bundy, to little known arcana like Stanley Dean Baker, the case files are facinating and the information concise. A walk through the darkest side of the human psyche. Worth both the time and the effort for the interested.



3. This book has detailed accounts of the actions of most of the infamous serial killers of our time. If this kind of thing twinges an interest you must have this book in your library!



4. This is a must have book for any true crime lover or those who study crime and the criminal mind. Excellent reference book.



5. Hunting Humans has given me hours of reading pleasure. Being one who is interested in true crime I especially enjoyed reading about the serial killers from Canada. Growing up in Vancouver B.C., I can recall the paranoia and fear in the teen aged population (which I was a part of) when Clifford Robert Olson wreaked his terror across the lower mainland. There were some omissions, such as David William Shearing, who was both a mass murderer as well as a serial killer in the early 1980's. Over all, I found that it very comprehensively covered the topic of modern serial killers.

5 comments about Head Shot.

1. I thought Barer's MURDER IN THE FAMILY was one of the best true crime books I ever read, but HEAD SHOT in many ways is even better. If you can put this book down, I'll be amazed. It grabs you from the prologue, drags you breathless through part one, and makes it almost impossible to not keep reading. A double homicide in Tacoma, Washington, and the several trials resulting from it, is what this book covers -- but under the covers is a lot more going on, from incest in Arizona to brain damage in Washington. Readers who thought MURDER IN THE FAMILY was too heavy on legal procedings may wrestle with HEAD SHOT -- but in HEAD SHOT, the legal battles are as twisted and bizarre as the killers lives. This book won't shake your faith in American Justice the way Jack Olsen's LAST MAN STANDING did, but in its own way, it is even more unnerving because it ISN'T about the FBI misbehaving,and the detectives are all good guys. It is the story of the trials, and the "dirty tricks" that made me nervous.
   My God, what kind of country is this anyway? This bizarre story not only gives us first class homicidal nut-cases, but gives us a peek behind the curtain of our beloved legal system -- and that peek, gleaned directly from court documents, is almost as shocking as the "disturbing photos." Burl Barer is one brilliant storyteller. Oh, don't confuse HEAD SHOT with Barer's HEADLOCK. Both are excellent, but they are NOT the same book or the same style.



2. This book begins with good descriptions of the crimes and the offenders, then spends a tedious several chapters in legal wrangling. Not the actual trial or any testimony, just tons of lawyer arguments with each other and the judge. This book would have been better if only the relevant details were included. The book ends well with follow ups on the lives of the offenders and a well written afterword. I do recommend the book, but only if you can stand the legal minutae.



3. I like true crime books,and I like legal thrillers. This one is both. HEAD SHOT was, for me, a book I couldn't put down. The author kept me wondering what would happen next, and the story is gripping and scary. Barer did a good job giving the background of the main characters (killers) and the commentary by one of the killer's ex-wife,and his former sister-in-law is sometimes hysterically funny and sad at the same time. The ending,bringing us up to date on what has happened to these people since the crime in the 1980's was excellent. I am certainly going to buy this authors other books now that I have read HEAD SHOT.



4. I never knew how bad Tacoma used to be. This was a well written story-even though the story itself was disturbing and interesting,Mr.Barer did a wonderful job.
   I will be reading more of his work soon.



5. This book really freaked me out. One because I am from Tacoma and am familiar with the locations and 2nd because, although I didn't realize it at the time, I recently met one of the killers. The book says he is still in prison but HE IS NOT. A freind read the book and mentioned the name. When I looked at the picture of him in the book, there was no question. The book is writen well and the first 4 or 5 chapters are really great. After that the details of the courtroom procedings get kind of repetative. I reccomend it for anyone that is into true crime novels however.

5 comments about Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine: A True Story.

1. I read this book my sophmore year in High School, my english teacher gave me the book and I couldn't put it down. Once I had read this book (being from the same town and all) I began asking my family questions. My grandmother actually knew Mrs. Linsley and said that she wasn't a very liked women...very annoying and snooty. My mother said that she had went to church with the supposed killer and said "I was only a little girl, but I didn't think he would ever do anything like this". I guess I couldn't put this book down because this was something that happened in my hometown...a place where these kind of things don't happen. Once I had read the book I went exploring...I actually followed the map and went to the home of the murder...didn't look like a place something like this could happen.



2. I was already familiar with this story from an episode of A & E's City Confidential and I was very intriqued. This book filled in alot of the blanks that the show left and would have been an excellent read all on it's own! Do yourself a favor and read this book!



3. Don't read it alone at night before bed....... The authors take you right through the minutes leading up to the murder and the days and months afterwards! The characters are described with meticulous detail. The only thing missing is a few photos, not of the corpse, thank you -- but of beautiful St. George St., the historic church, more photos of Athalia (the only pics are on the front and back cover), the home on Marine Street, Athalia's last husband and the accused. I am not finished with it yet but have recommended it to everyone I know. I live less than two hours away, visit S.A. fairly often and will never see it the same way again! Good read!



4. I found this book quite interesting. I read it twice and couldn't put it down the first time. I visited St. Augustine and took photographs of Athalia's home and Alan Stanford's home. It was eerie to see the murder site so close to the 30 year anniversary. I think that the neighbor did it.



5. A patient recently loaned this book to me, having visited St Augustine I was intrigued. I started the book at 12:00 pm and finished at 7:00pm that night. It is one of the greatest books I have read in recent time. I highly reccemmend it to others.

1 comments about Blind-Sided: Homicide Where It Is Least Expected.

1. In BLIND-SIDED, Dr. Moffatt offers highly readable and understandable information on assessment of risk for homicide. Dr. Moffatt's work utilizes a hierarchy of risk variables for violent behavior. This twenty-two item list includes factors such as a history of violent or aggressive behavior, subjective fear of the individual by others, and fantasies of violence. His explanation and discussion of these factors is clear and informative. Dr. Moffatt realized that people could be trained to recognize basic warning signs and that they did not need formal training in psychology to provide intervention that could save lives. His work focuses on homicide among people with no apparent violent patterns in their pasts. His work, however, revealed that many of the killers he studied had a history of violence in their pasts but for one reason or another this had not been reported. BLIND-SIDED includes discussion of seven mistakes, from ignoring or failing to respond adequately to threats, to failure to call for help soon enough, that can cost people their lives. We know that this type of tragedy could happen to us. Reading BLIND-SIDED will give us a better understanding of homicide and of how assessing risk for homicide hopefully can help to save our lives and the lives of those we love.

3 comments about Precious Blood.

1. The story of the murders of Blister Cook and his four-year-old son T.J. as depicted in this book are sad, but I didn't find that the story surrounding their deaths was actually book worthy. As for Blister Cook, the lifestyle he lived was sure to eventually catch up with him; on the other hand, there was no reason for his preschool son to die. T.J. was killed simply because he could, and would have, identified the killer.
   
   There is no real "who done it" to this case, as it was pretty much known by the whole community who did it within just hours of the murders. And it took very little effort on behalf of law enforcement to extract a confession from Jerome Boggs' (the killer) young wife who, as can be expected, was out to save her own skin.
   
   In my opinion, the most interesting aspect was reading how April Boggs enjoyed the "benefits" of her husband's crime then tried to claim Battered Wife's Syndrome at her own trial. Once again here is a woman who abused (no pun intended) a well-known affliction only when it benefited her. Simply disgusting!
   
   This is a quick read true crime. Worth reading when you've caught up on all the other really good books out there.



2. I grew up around the people in this book. I am currently living in Hawaii and was very glad to find out that someone had written this book and got the truth out. The father and son in this book were very close to us. My cousin is married to Blisters brother, Mark, and I truly enjoyed this book. It tore me apart to read it because my son is the same age of T.J.. Thank you so much for making this book available to the public.



3. I had a great deal of difficulty getting through what is a tremendously boring book. There's no mystery, the characters are of little consequence, and the writing is overly wordy and, frankly, boring. It is a story of a man and his son, shot during a drug deal. Dad's a dealer, the son an innocent bystander. Tragic to be sure, but this is a story that could have been told in about four chapters.