A review by drkottke
The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer by J. Reuben Appelman

5.0

Jesus, this was the most lurid true crime book I've read in years - maybe ever? - and I couldn't put it down for a second. The book goes way beyond the bounds of simply laying out what's known about a 40 year old cold case and speculating on the culprit to give a no holds barred 1st person account of the research process of the book ... and the seamy memoir of the author's life in all its gritty detail. I learned way more than I counted on learning about a whole lot of things, some of which explain a lot about the stranger danger zeitgeist I absorbed in the 70s & early 80s.