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Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers
Book by Newton, Michael
353 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1990
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Michael Newton
468 books104 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
From Wikipedia:
"Michael Newton (born 1951) is an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan series. Newton first began work on the Executioner series by co-writing "The Executioner's War Book" with Don Pendleton in 1977. Since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit, which triples the amount written by creator Don Pendleton. His skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as #100, #200, and #300.
Writing under the pseudonym Lyle Brandt, Michael Newton has also become a popular writer of Western novels. He has written a number of successful non-fiction titles as well, including a book on genre writing (How to Write Action Adventure Novels). His book Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida won the Florida Historical Society's 2002 Rembert Patrick Award for Best Book in Florida History. Newton's "Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology" won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006."
Pen names: Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan
Bibiliography available here.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
September 14, 2009
Essentially an overview of famous serial killer cases, An OK book for this type of thing but really bog reading material at best
December 2, 2018
Best overall encyclopedia of killers.
May 4, 2008
A good all-around biography for several of the United States' most well-known serial killers, along with a bit of analysis.
November 17, 2013
Oh man,I don't recommend for everyone. I only read volume 1 and that was enough.
February 4, 2026
Well, read one true crime book and it's easy to go off on a "True Crime" jag. This book is a good reference in that there's no killer you haven't heard of - and scores that you haven't - included. It's not elegantly written, but it does have the basic outline of every serial killer true crime fans may encounter, and it can make for macabre page flipping.
February 25, 2008
people are sick
December 13, 2010
Interesting reading.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews