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Book Review – Nine Elms, by Robert Bryndza

Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


In Nine Elms, Robert Bryndza introduces us to Kate Marshall, criminology professor at a small college in the UK, and former police detective who left the force after catching a serial killer. Kate fell into serious drinking when she found out she was pregnant by the killer, but she had the child and got sober in AA, and is trying to start a new life. But then, an eerily familiar killing spree starts again…
Kate and her academic assistant and investigative partner Tristan find themselves tracking the killer. The story has a lot of twists and turns and Kate and Tristan prove to be likeable characters you can root for. However, I docked the book a star because I thought the ending was a bit contrived and predictable. That doesn’t mean that I found Nine Elms a less than enjoyable read.



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Book Review – American Predator, by Maureen Callahan

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st CenturyAmerican Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

American Predator is an enlightening and horrifying look at the relatively unknown serial killer, Israel Keyes. His depraved history rivals that of people like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and BTK, but his name has been kept out of the limelight, largely because of agreements made between Keyes and the law enforcement community while the latter were interrogating him to discover just how many people he had killed. Keyes was especially terrifying because he had absolutely no victim preference – he chose his victims indiscriminately because of the god-like feeling such choices gave him. The author succeeds in horrifying the reader with her impartial and objective reporting derived from actual FBI interviews of the debacle that was Keyes’ capture and subsequent interrogation. She makes it clear that it’s very likely that Keyes never would have been identified if he had not made the mistake of hunting in his own backyard.

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