Serial Murder Books

I don't mean to sound like a high school student who was just told that they have to read Beowulf, but this totally sucks. The "factual" mistakes in the forward alone caused me to question just how many of her statements within the main text would be correct (e.g., "Richard" Dahmer, the inception of the M'Naughten Rule, as well as her overly generous view of the current capability to predict future violence). I finally gave up reading it because I didn't want to have a head full of incorrect knowledge. Hey, being the occasional pedant is bad enough; being a misinformed one is even worse :) Avoid this book!

The author seems intent on impressing readers with how much she knows about antiquarian books -- in one instance, she devotes an ENTIRE page listing books and their authors . . . boring. The main character, Tristram Heade, is supposedly from this century, yet he thinks, acts, and speaks as though he's from the 1700's. All of the other characters in the book are just as lost in time . . . making the book, in my opinion, a confusing and totally unbelievable read. I wouldn't recommend it to ANYONE!