Serial Killers

by Lauren A. Forry

A chilling account of the world's most horrific murderers.

Genres: True Crime

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Lauren A. Forry was brought up in the woods of Bucks County, Pennsylvania where her FBI agent father and book-loving mother raised her on a diet of The X-Files and RL Stine. After earning her BA in Cinema Studies from New York University, she spent some time in film production before moving to London where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Kingston University. There she was awarded the Faber and Faber Creative Writing MA Prize for her first horror novel, The Compulsion. Her short stories have since been published by Brick Moon Fiction, Lamplight Magazine, and in multiple sci-fi and horror anthologies. She currently resides in the woods but can, on occasion, be found in the quieter parts of London.

Reviews

[Zian B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t remember when I first read this book but I really enjoyed reading it, however, I didn’t enjoy it that much the 2nd time reading it.
While I’m glad that it showed both male and female serial killers, there wasn’t much information on them. Each person got 1 page, or 2 pages if they were “lucky”; which was only a handful out of the many killers described in the book.
The information given simply described their killings and barely touched on their lives prior to killing. I wanted to learn about the actual people before they became serial killers and I personally feel like each person should’ve gotten 3 or even 4 pages about them. Also the font/word size for 90% of the book was pretty small and made it difficult to read.