Unsolved Serial Killings

by R.J. Parker

Unsolved Serial Killings is a compilation of over twenty criminal dossiers on serial killers that were never caught, including:

The Zodiac Serial Killer
The Frankford Slasher
The Original Night Stalker
Rapid City Serial Killer
The Babysitter Serial Killer
Highway of Tears Serial Killer
I-70/I-35 Texas Serial Killer
and many more.

Genres: True Crime, Crime, Nonfiction

Kindle Edition

First published October 30, 2011

About the author

RJ Parker, P.Mgr., MCrim, is an award winning and bestselling true crime author and co-owner with his daughters of RJ Parker Publishing. Inc. He has written 17 true crime books, available in eBook, paperback and audiobook editions, and have sold in over 100 countries. He holds Certifications in Serial Crime and Criminal Profiling.

ALL Paperbacks under RJ Parker Publishing are in the KINDLE MATCHBOOK program: When you purchase any print book, you get the eBook for FREE

Besides gifting books to his cause, Wounded Warriors, and donating to Victims of Violent Crimes, RJ has daily contests on Facebook where he gifts eBooks and autographed books.

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Member of the Canadian Association of Authors
Member of the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

First off, I am a fan of RJ Parker's true crime writings. I don't even bother to read the book descriptions before buying - I've read several other Parker ebooks and loved them, so I bought this one without thinking twice. Unfortunately, I was disappointed for several reasons:
1) The book starts out as 'serial killers for beginners.' The unsolved killings don't actually start until Chapter 8. Given the title, I felt that the extra information took up too many pages, given the short length of the book.
2) A lot of the information is very repetitive throughout the first seven chapters, and most of the unsolved killer chapters end with the same comments, such as "Did the killer die? Go to jail for another crime? We may never know"
3) The amount of grammatical errors, many of which I believe would be picked up in most spell-checkers. There was even a sentence with a word missing, when it was describing the location of a small town -- "just of I-10" or something along those lines. North? East? Who knows.

Unfortunately, the sad truth of unsolved crimes is that usually very little information is available. This is not due to lack of the author's research and I don't feel that it is fair to give poor reviews based on this alone. There are even some comments from the author about how little information was available on certain cases.

I would gladly give the book four or five stars if an update is issued to amend the repetition and grammatical errors. If you did enjoy this book, I highly recommend "Social Media Monsters: True Stories of Internet Killers" or "Parents Who Killed Their Children: True Stories of Filicide."

[Newbee (JoAnn) Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very informative, tho some of this info I knew, there was a lot I didn't realize. I had heard of some of these people, but there were many that I hadn't heard of. I have a fettish for reading about true and fictional killers.... I have personally reseached several killers and this has given me more to ck out! Very well written... Enjoyed!

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I need to stop reading these short books.
The stories were interesting (being well known cases and all) enough, but the way the author writes was really damaging to my perception of the book.

[Trevor · Rating 1 out of 5]

Truly awful.

The e-book doesn't actually start until about chapter 8, it's full of spelling mistakes (every single word with a double L only has one), random words just littered in sentences.

It doesn't really go into any detail about the murders at all. In fact, it's so brief it feels like it was written by a child who had a deadline before going out to play.

It took me a whopping hour to read the entire thing.

Avoid at all costs, it's utter tripe.

[Chin Bargamento · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS IS THE BEST.

[Roshan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. But tiresome in the middle.

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Considering that this is about UNSOLVED serial killings, I was disappointed that the first 40% of the kindle ebook is just random 'facts' [profiling is not almost always accurate and/or helpful to police] and tidbits based on captured killers.

Then, when we finally get to the unsolved cases, the information is awfully light and undetailed. In fact; for two of the cases the police have ruled that there was no serial killer involved in the killings at all - they were random murders with no connections.

[Leigh Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each case is covered very briefly, and I was disappointed that they weren't covered more in depth. OK for strictly informational purposes, it's a bit cut and dried - kind of like reading a short newspaper article on each crime. Unfortunately, there isn't any back story or details of the people involved in either the investigation or the crimes themselves - which is something that I find interesting. Not a bad read, but if you're looking for something to really sink your teeth into, this isn't it.

[Valerie Mcqueen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say that I am new to the world of true crime literature. I have long had a romance with reality homicide shows, so I tried this book just to see how I would react. The author delivers an informative look at the history of serial killers. From the early days of The 1800s to present I cannot believe that the serial killer is that prevalent. This is an indepth study that is set up as a case study style piece of literature that is great for an introduction into the world of crime literature. The editing is superb as well which makes for smooth and easy reading.

[Valerie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a free Kindle book, but not only was it much too short, it was put together like someone had been in a huge hurry to make it available. The title did not fit the content at all; most of the cases cited in the book were actually solved, although they tended to be some of the more obscure, gory American cases in the country's history. I am glad the "book" was free, because I would never have paid for something that was put together this poorly

[Paige · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short read and some interesting facts but overall written at a grammar school level. Seemed as if written for a book report in school. Maybe the book is written for children. If you are looking for a brief introduction to serial killers then give it a read. Props to the author for giving his books to service men for free.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book tells the truth about some of the most terrifying killers that got away. It is hard to beleive that these men were never caught but truth be told they were just lucky enough to stay one step ahead of the police. RJ always give the most detail available in all of his books and this one is no exception.

[Debbie Benson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had the potential to be good but the author fell short. The only detail was in the classification of serial killers. The rest was a very brief overview of different serial killers which could have used more fleshing out to be mildly interesting.

[Cindy K · Rating 1 out of 5]

Full of typos, minimal information, and disappointing.

[Rob · Rating 1 out of 5]

Was this some 5th grader's school report on unsolved murders?

[Amaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scarce, way too short

[dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short stories

very good, quick read for people who like true crime stories
I will definitely check out his other crime books.

[Yvonne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love reading true crime books and this one does not disappoint. It's interesting to read about unsolved cases. There were many in this book that I did not know about.