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stormlightreader 's review for:
Killers Keep Secrets
by James Huddle
A somewhat disjointed book. There was some interesting detail on the behaviour and personal life of Joseph DeAngelo but nothing super enlightening. It does attempt to recount some of the victims of the Golden State Killer but it is a far cry from the well-structured and emotive account written by Michelle McNamara. This book just threw in names, crimes, dates and stats for effect, whereas with McNamara's book I was aware that I reading about real people. This didn't. At the 58% point (through to the 65% point) the author begins randomly talking about Richard Chase (the Vampire of Sacramento) and Kevin Lee Green (the Bedroom Basher), Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway (the Green River Killer), John Wayne Gacy and almost a dozen other killers who were active around the time that DeAngelo was. With proper writing, structure and analysis, this could have been impactful but just felt out of place and could've (along with a few other chapters) reduced the book by about 50 pages with no impact on the quality.