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jhempel24 · 09-22-2011, 05:08 AM

I had bought and started reading Serial Killers by Jack Kilborn (J.A. Konrath) and Blake Crouch, it's a collection of short stories that features every serial killer in their respective books.

As I started reading the short stories I thought, wow, these are pretty good, albeit gruesome and not for the faint of heart...BUT...the stories are in chronological order. So at some point they STOP and say "The book *this* comes next", so being anal and difficult I get the book and start reading it.

Fortunately I happened to enjoy these books! And so I've now read 4 novels along with ploughing along in the short stories LOL.

Now of course they aren't required reading for these stories, but they do help you understand some of the things.

As I keep on reading and buying I just keep thinking to myself "Wow...they really hooked me and got me buying all their books with this! What a sneaky marketing job!"

And also I've got to thank them because the books I've read so far from this:

Desert Places
Locked Doors
A Shot of Tequila
Whiskey Sour

Are all pretty damn good! And I don't regret buying them!

09-22-2011, 05:08 AM	#1
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	What a sneaky marketing job! I had bought and started reading Serial Killers by Jack Kilborn (J.A. Konrath) and Blake Crouch, it's a collection of short stories that features every serial killer in their respective books. As I started reading the short stories I thought, wow, these are pretty good, albeit gruesome and not for the faint of heart...BUT...the stories are in chronological order. So at some point they STOP and say "The book this* comes next"*, so being anal and difficult I get the book and start reading it. Fortunately I happened to enjoy these books! And so I've now read 4 novels along with ploughing along in the short stories LOL. Now of course they aren't required reading for these stories, but they do help you understand some of the things. As I keep on reading and buying I just keep thinking to myself "Wow...they really hooked me and got me buying all their books with this! What a sneaky marketing job!" And also I've got to thank them because the books I've read so far from this: Desert Places Locked Doors A Shot of Tequila Whiskey Sour Are all pretty damn good! And I don't regret buying them!