08-04-2010, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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Looking for "Jill the Ripper" Stories
Can anyone recommend novels about serial killers? I have read the first two of Chelsea Cain's novels. Also, in the 1970s, there was a paperback thriller about a female serial killer called "Jill" or something like that. I was wondering if there were more books like that? (Or if anyone knows the book I'm thinking of because it's hard to find a novel on Amazon if all you remember is what you think the title was, what it sort of looked like, and the decade you thinkit came out. )
True crime recommendations will work, too. I have Peter Vronsky's book on female serial killers, and it's very interesting. There are more than you think, and in some ways, they are often scarier than their male counterparts. P.S. I was tempted with Edward Lee's Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Woman. Previously only available in a limited press edition, it is now on SmashWords. Has anyone read this? http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/16776 |
08-05-2010, 08:36 AM | #2 |
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While I have not yet read it, I have heard good things about Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me. It is the story of Ted Bundy.
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But I screwed up on my original post -- not enough coffee yesterday. I was looking for books about female serial killers. (If you can recommend anything really good about male serial killers, I'll look for that anyway. I need something cheerful for my upcoming vacation. ) |
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The link I provided is an ebook.
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08-05-2010, 10:16 PM | #5 |
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Not about a woman, but what about The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo? I don't know if it's available as an ebook, though.
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Ack! I should have noticed that it was from Inkmesh.
I'm glad to know it's finally available. I sure hope it ends up in more stores. And cheaper. (Yeah, I'm picky...) Quote:
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08-06-2010, 10:08 AM | #7 |
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There was a good book about Ian Brady and Myra Hindley called Beyond Belief: The Moors Murderers, by Emlyn Williams.
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