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"On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold...

The Killer Book of Serial Killers is filled with stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about the world's most notorious murderers.

Explores nine cases of murder in which the perpetrator was known to and, in many cases, trusted by the victims.

By luck or by cunning, some criminals evade detection and justice for ever. Of all crimes, the most worrying is the crime that is never solved. The criminal goes free, unpunished, often unidentified. Justice is not done. The friends and relatives of the victim - crimes always have victims - are left without closure. Whoever committed the crime is free to commit another. Law enforcers are pilloried for unsolved crimes for all of these reasons. But...