Serial killers are real-life monsters existing on the very edge of society and preying on its weakest members. This book investigates American serial killers and their fiendish crimes such as H.H.Holmes America's first serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas the one-eyed drifter who was also the most prolific of all American serial killers, and the Colombian-born serial killer Pedro Alonso López who stalked and killed little girls across South America. And many more – evil violent men murdering for thrills in America ... unable to stop themselves.
Contents: North America: Herman Mudgett aka H.H.Holmes, Albert Fish, The Lonely Hearts Killers,The Boston Strangler, Charles Manson, Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Son of Sam, The Hillside Stranglers, Clifford Olson, Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole, Tommy Lynn Sells, Cary Stayner. South America: Pedro Alonso López, Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo, Juana Barraza
Gordon Kerr was born in the Scottish new town of East Kilbride and worked in the wine trade and then bookselling and publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of numerous books in a variety of genres, including art, history, true crime, travel and humour. He has a wife and two children and lives in Hampshire and—when he can—South West France.