Killers in Cold Blood

by Rodney Castleden, Ray Black

'Killers in Cold Blood' looks at the dark side of the criminal mind. These are the men and women who commit heinous acts with a gruesome disregard for human life.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Shahrun · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt rather sick reading this book. Sick at the thought of what people do to other human beings & what they have got away with! It just makes my poor little brain boggle at the horrors which many people have had to endure.

I will keep this book for now & loan it out to people with strong stomachs.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok. Decent reading if you fall asleep quickly, but a lot of facts were missing or incorrect based on previous true crime books I had read. I don't regret reading it, but I doubt I'll pick it up again.

[Dania · Rating 4 out of 5]

Synopsis: 'Killers in Cold Blood' looks at the dark side of the criminal mind. These are the men and women who commit heinous acts with a gruesome disregard for human life. They do not conform to what society considers to be 'normal' standards, they seem to act purely for self-gratification in their own little worlds of perversion. The difficulty in bringing these monsters to justice is proving whether they are just bad or mad, whether in fact the individual is mentally ill or whether they are fully aware of what they have done. Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer are examples of men who killed in cold blood. They knew exactly what they were doing, they knew right from wrong, and yet they still committed their crimes.

[Khedhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book it's about how there's all these different people who kill loved ones or people they know I read this book because I like to read about crime and killer books because the books are much more interesting.
My critique about the book is nothing bad this book was amazing the work Ray Black out in to it is phenomenal and A+ I recommend my classmates to read this book. Although I'm not to sure most of them like Killers in Cold Blood Crime books. You you enjoyed my review and think this book is interesting to you, you should get it.

[Felicia G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Killers in Cold Blood is a describtive biography of ancient and modern killers throughout the world. It entails the dark side of a criminal mind and the difficulty of bringing justice to the victims. People like Chareles Manson and Jeffery Dahmer are examples of grusome killers this book talked about. I really enjoyed this book but was slightly disturbed by the heinous acts these monsters commited. I would recommend this book to someone who is instrested in learning more about the criminal mind.

[Rubber Duck Ry · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is all over the place and lacks detail or depth. The author doesn’t explain why he chose to highlight some killers and ignore others. It is a seemly random mixed bag of short descriptions of killers.

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of pyschopaths, mass murderers and serial killers with enough detail on each to keep you happy but not so much to give you nightmares.

[Caz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do love a book about killers and these are some of the most interesting murderers of all time. The detail is enough to give you a good mental picture without letting you lose sleep at night.

[Amaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Poorly edited, misspellings, and so on. Great recollection and investigation, though.

[Vicky Mortimer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing special and rather lacking in detail or depth.

[Jonathan Lim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enough to understand the flow of the story, but not much details of the psychology of the criminal or the victim.. More like a case review,,

[Karen Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an interesting read, although poorly edited, lots of spelling errors