Very, very disturbing.

This was a thorough account of the BTK Killer (sometimes perhaps containing too many extraneous details) that followed his life, his disturbed thoughts, and the investigation that ended in his capture. The author looks at possible causes for his heinous acts, his he was able to hide his "dark side" from his family and community, and the effect on his pastor, church and community when the truth was discovered.

The thing that set this book apart for me was that it did not go into extreme detail regarding the actual murders. For example, the Binding and Killing is described but the Torture for the most part is not explicitly described. I don't know exactly why they weren't there but frankly I was relieved that these details were not included. I probably would not have read the whole book if they had been. I appreciated that the focus was on the man and his bizarre thought process, not on the the grisly details of his crimes (so if you are wanting to know exactly what he did to all of his victims, this is not the book for you).

DNF - Somehow this author managed to make such an interesting story of BTK into a rather bland book. It sounds like someone from Wichita wrote it just for people from Wichita. Left nothing to the imagination, was too explicit with how things were said. I think I'm going to look for one from a different author.

Good look into how the crimes not only the victims and their families but how it affected his own family and circle of friends.

Overall, pretty good. story takes a linear timeline which I like and there is a lot of information from the pastor to bolster the story so it isn't all gory and totally focused on the crimes themselves but more on Rader and why.

Good look into how the crimes not only the victims and their families but how it affected his own family and circle of friends.