Reviews

When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

syngbld23's review against another edition

5.0

I feel like this book is so underrated. I’m a true crime fan and this was one of my favorites. The story itself was so sickening and disturbing. I think that John Douglas did such a good job at telling the story and sticking to the important parts of the investigation leading up to the arrest of Larry. I always enjoy reading John Douglas books because he tends to mention other books or cases. This is where I typically get my next read from, by looking up other true crime cases that he mentions in his books.

whats_a_bibble's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Rape, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Body horror, and Murder

ashconklin's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

maabark's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed reading this novel because it goes through the entire process of finding a suspect and all the way through to the legal process.

I had never heard of this case, so I started reading it because it peaked my interest. The authors did a great job in portraying all of the emotions that came along with this case and relaying how it was processed back then.

If you're interested in reading a new true-crime novel, I definitely would pick this one up.

klsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.0

trinityturnspages's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I enjoyed this one, and can't wait to read other books by this author. I didn't love the narrator for some reason but the authors matter of fact story telling is really enjoyable for me. The only other thing I didn't love was how much I felt it went in circles, but I also understand that it was that way because the case kinda went in circles because the killer got enjoyment out of tormenting the victims families

sarahmulford's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

kristinerisch's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

tuff517's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

hayleighlouise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced