Reddit reviews Green River Killer: A True Detective Story

A few graphic novels:

1. From Hell - Cerebral, philosophical, and fastidiously researched, this is the story of the most notorious of them all, Jack the Ripper. Masterful, somber drawings and brilliant writing, if a little too high brow for my taste.
   
2. My Friend Dahmer - You won't find gore here, nor a particularly engaging plot. What you will find is authentic autobiographical vignettes written by an actual school mate of Jeffry Dahmer's that try to shed some light on the early years of this nefarious, but fascinating serial killer, but mostly seem to be an outlet for the author to process his own emotions with regards to having known and been friends with such a monster. It's not a very compelling read, i'm afraid, but on the bright side, it's quite short and the artwork is cool.
   
3. The Green River Killer - An account of the investigation of the Green River murders, focusing on one of the lead detectives, who happens to be the author's father. Nice artwork, so-so plot.
   
4. Miss Don't Touch Me - An absolutely delightful fictional novel that takes place in early 20th century Paris. It is fast-moving, suspenseful, sexy and hugely entertaining. Great artwork and a fun story. Highly recommended!
   
   A couple more books that are on my wish list, though i haven't read them yet, are:
   
   

• Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, written by Prof. Robert Hare, the psychologist who invented the standard test for diagnosing psychopaths.
  
  
• The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - written by the always interesting and entertaining Ron Jonson
  
  
• Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me - A classic true crime novel about Ted Bundy written by a woman who worked beside him and knew him personally. She went on to become a prolific true crime novelist.

http://www.amazon.ca/Green-River-Killer-Jeff-Jensen/dp/1595825606

OK I see 2 of my favorites on this list so here are a couple of more. While most folks don't seem to base their fiction on any one serial killer there is a lot of good serial killer fiction out there.

Barry Lyga has two books out in his I Hunt Killers series. Not bad for YA books since the YA genre has come a long long way since I was a kid

Tim Dorsey is my go to guy for serial killer fun. His Serge Storm series is 14 books strong with no end in sight. Funny brutal and you will learn more about Florida than you will ever want to know.

Jeff Jensen Did a really good Graphic Novel last year about the Green River Killer. His dad was one of the lead detectives on the case so there is a lot of personal insight in this book not seen elsewhere.

Green River Killer?

I'm not sure if this is insensitive or not, but this is a cool book

Here's the Amazon page, where you can preview the first few pages. http://www.amazon.com/Green-River-Killer-Detective-Story/dp/1595825606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318017996&sr=8-1