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A review by books_nooks_spooks
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan
4.0
American predator is for the most part a well set out true crime book covering the case of Israel Keyes. It follows a structured time line which doesn’t confuse the reader and uses excerpts from interrogation transcripts frequently throughout. However, there was a very bold statement made around two thirds of the way through which immediately jumped out at me as I believed this to be false. I tried to do some research in case it was me who was incorrect but I cannot find where this author got her information from anywhere. This made me question how reliable she was as a reporter and it definitely disconnected me from my reading experience. I also felt like the ending and the speculation over potential victims was a bit abrupt.
I find the whole Israel Keyes case frustrating (and this is a reason as to why I’ve avoided this book for so long) as a whole because there is so much focus on Samantha Koenig and very little on other confirmed victims. I appreciate it was her murder that broke the case open but every victim should be remembered and personalised in the way she was.
Israel Keyes was vile. He was by no means a criminal mastermind. He was a chaotic pervert who got away with all he did by sheer fluke and chance in my opinion. I don’t find him particularly interesting which is the ultimate insult from me as I usually find serial killers fascinating.
I find the whole Israel Keyes case frustrating (and this is a reason as to why I’ve avoided this book for so long) as a whole because there is so much focus on Samantha Koenig and very little on other confirmed victims. I appreciate it was her murder that broke the case open but every victim should be remembered and personalised in the way she was.
Israel Keyes was vile. He was by no means a criminal mastermind. He was a chaotic pervert who got away with all he did by sheer fluke and chance in my opinion. I don’t find him particularly interesting which is the ultimate insult from me as I usually find serial killers fascinating.