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Lucas Frank #4
The Murder Channel
You have a prime-time date with a brutal murderer ... right in your own living room.
Lucas Frank knows the cost of hunting human monsters. That's why he left Boston for the peace of the Michigan woods. But a tantalizing case has lured the forensic psychiatrist back to work — and straight into the path of a cold-bloodedkiller.
Felix Zrbny was just a teenager when he went on a murder spree that left three women dead. Now, after spending fifteen years locked away, Felix has escaped — and he is determined to finish what he started all those years ago.
Lucas races to untangle the mysteries of Felix's mind as the ratings-hungry press steps in to make Felix its own macabre media darling. They track his every move and broadcast his bloody reign of terror for the whole world to see. And all the while, behind the scenes, someone is orchestrating the moment when the killer and the hunter will at last come face-to-face.
They say everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame. For Felix Zrbny, it's fifteen minutes of infamy. The clock is ticking — and he's going to make sure that every minute counts.
Lucas Frank knows the cost of hunting human monsters. That's why he left Boston for the peace of the Michigan woods. But a tantalizing case has lured the forensic psychiatrist back to work — and straight into the path of a cold-bloodedkiller.
Felix Zrbny was just a teenager when he went on a murder spree that left three women dead. Now, after spending fifteen years locked away, Felix has escaped — and he is determined to finish what he started all those years ago.
Lucas races to untangle the mysteries of Felix's mind as the ratings-hungry press steps in to make Felix its own macabre media darling. They track his every move and broadcast his bloody reign of terror for the whole world to see. And all the while, behind the scenes, someone is orchestrating the moment when the killer and the hunter will at last come face-to-face.
They say everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame. For Felix Zrbny, it's fifteen minutes of infamy. The clock is ticking — and he's going to make sure that every minute counts.
- GenresThriller
336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
28 people want to read
About the author
John Philpin
14 books14 followersAuthor John Philpin, one of the first independent criminal profilers, is an internationally recognized expert on violent behavior and criminal investigation. Philpin is a frequent consultant to law enforcement and the media.
Philpin has been a guest commentator on Court TV, 20/20 Downtown, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, Inside Edition, Chronicle, The Geoff Metcalf Show, The Jim Bohannon Show, Northwest Afternoon and CBC's As It Happens.
Philpin is a regular contributor of exclusive true crime commentaries and short stories for KariSable.com True Crime and Justice Web site.
A retired psychologist, he has authored and co-written seven books and numerous articles, and the featured character in an eighth, drawing on his experience.
A recipient of numerous awards for contributions in murder investigations, his forensic work was featured in Philip E. Ginsburg's Shadow of Death the investigation of a series of murders along interstate highway corridors of Vermont and New Hampshire in the 1980s.
Philpin has been a guest commentator on Court TV, 20/20 Downtown, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, Inside Edition, Chronicle, The Geoff Metcalf Show, The Jim Bohannon Show, Northwest Afternoon and CBC's As It Happens.
Philpin is a regular contributor of exclusive true crime commentaries and short stories for KariSable.com True Crime and Justice Web site.
A retired psychologist, he has authored and co-written seven books and numerous articles, and the featured character in an eighth, drawing on his experience.
A recipient of numerous awards for contributions in murder investigations, his forensic work was featured in Philip E. Ginsburg's Shadow of Death the investigation of a series of murders along interstate highway corridors of Vermont and New Hampshire in the 1980s.
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June 13, 2023
Not bad, not bad at all. It’s a little dated but not as dated as other books. At least there are cell phones and the OJ Simpson trial. Funny though, I did find this in the true crime section of my local used bookstore. An interesting choice to make since mystery/ horror/ and fiction are right around the corner. I enjoyed this as Frank Lucas is super smart and a tad eccentric. The psycho dude is likeable and you feel like cheering when he offs some of his victims even if you don’t fully understand yet his reasonings why. I’d like another plate of John Philpen please.
September 20, 2007
The Murder Channel - NR
John Philipin
Due to a gigantic bureaucratic snafu, criminally insane Felix Zrbny just might walk out of the courtroom a free man after being institutionalized for 15 years. He brutally murdered three women in his 15th year for reasons he has never divulged and claims he was "interrupted before his work was complete."
John Philipin
Due to a gigantic bureaucratic snafu, criminally insane Felix Zrbny just might walk out of the courtroom a free man after being institutionalized for 15 years. He brutally murdered three women in his 15th year for reasons he has never divulged and claims he was "interrupted before his work was complete."
January 31, 2008
ok serial killer thriller
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December 9, 2012good
June 24, 2014
It was a disappointment
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