Any recommendations?

I don't know if this is the "best", but it's one that I own:

Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door (http://www.amazon.com/Bind-Torture-Kill-Inside-Serial/dp/0061373958/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305942165&sr=8-1)

It's very disturbing, but that much should be obvious.

Definitely Ann Rule's "Green River, Running Red" about The Green River Killer:

http://www.amazon.com/Green-River-Running-Red-Killer-Americas/dp/0743238516

I find Jack Olsen to be the best.

Not a big Ann Rule fan, I found Green River to be tedious and unquestioning.

'Ted Bundy: Conversations With a Killer' by Hugh Ayensworth and Stephen Michaud. Not easy reading by any means, but an excellent book.

I enjoyed "The Last Victim" by Jason Moss. at the time Moss was a college student who became pen pals with several serial killers including John Wayne Gacy. the book was adapted into a movie called "Dear Mr. Gacy". in my opinion the book and movie were very good.

I found Green River to be tedious and unquestioning.


How so? Which Jack Olsen books would you recommend?


@ CuriousMind90: I dunno if you like podcasts or audiobooks but blogtalkradio.com has a fantastic podcast in which Dan Zupansky, himself an author of true crime novels and articles, interviews authors of upcoming or newly released books in the genre. I highly recommend it.

Other true crime podcasts I've enjoyed are Burl Barer's ((some grisly tales told on this one but Burl is a character and a natural showmnan)) and Denny Greene's ((more mob/Las Vegas focused but he covers crime in general))

Misbegotten Son is a good Olsen book. None I wouldn't recommend, although some think that Son ( a different one) has some factual errors.

I found Green River formulaic. 10-15 pages on each victim, all of which seemed a little too positive. Seemed to whitewash their families and upbringings a little.

I also thought that Rules' LE bias came through. The police work was lacking and she was not critical enough as I recall.