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A Killer In the Family
A Killer In the Family

A Killer In the Family

TRUE CRIME

256 Pages, 6.0 x 9.1

Trade Paper, $16.99 (US $16.99) (CA $22.95)

Publication Date: January 2014

ISBN 9781742574547

Rights: US & CA

New Holland Publishers (Jan 2014)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

A Killer in the Family explores the darkest depths of the human psyche to tell the stories of the world's most depraved killers - and their families. In these incredible accounts of violence, psychosis and love gone wrong, writer Amanda Howard raises the frightening question of whether a monster is born or made. In these gripping investigations, the twisted minds of notorious murderers are revealed, including Ted Bundy, a serial murderer of women, whose home life was a source of pain; the Menendez brothers, who killed their parents in order to claim an inheritance; and Melinda Loveless, an abused teenager, who callously murdered a 12-year-old girl. These killers' pasts were often full of trauma, which contributed to their love of violence. While some killed their own parents, partners or children, others worked together with their relatives to commit terrible crimes. In many cases, family members were left bewildered and devastated that their loved ones could be capable of such atrocities. A Killer in the Family gives a disturbing, fascinating insight into the minds of murderers, and the families in which they were raised.

Author Biography

True crime and fiction writer Amanda Howard is the author of eight other books, including Predators: Killers Without Conscience and Innocence Lost, and an expert consultant in serial killers. Over the last two decades she has interviewed some of the world's most heinous murderers, and collected a vast pool of information about killers' motives and rituals.

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