So many true crime books are published about serial killers that it seems like one of those human predators lurks under every bush and in every lonely alley, not to mention in every parking lot and hiding in your house when you come home. Recently, I did a bunch of research on serial killers because I thought that my next novel was going to have a serial killer in it as a main character. However, I’m now reconsidering writing that book at all, but all that crazy serial killer stuff is still in my head. It’s giving me nightmares. If you want to have some terrible nightmares, here are two books that will get you started.

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule is one of the seminal true crime books. Ann Rule was an aspiring true crime writer in Seattle, writing up little police reports and volunteering at a suicide prevention hotline, when quite a few young women in the area were brutally murdered. She got a contract to write her first true crime book about the murders. She talked about her contract and her impending divorce to her friend who also worked at the suicide prevention hotline, Ted Bundy.

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