Son A Psychopath and His Victims Author:Jack Olsen This is one of the most remarkable true crime books you will ever read. It is many things at once. For months, the story of a mother, a son and a city enmeshed in tragedy made headlines across the nation. This is the story behind the headlines. It is also an extraordinary examination of the mind of a psychopath and of the... more » women -- and men -- who were his victims. And it is a chilling investigation of the consequences of a crime that does not kill -- but which destroys as surely as any knife or gun.
For more than two years, a rapist prowled the night streets of the homey "All-American" city of Spokane,Washington, terrorizing women, sparking a run on gun stores, and finally causing one newspaper to offer a reward, the calls taken by the distinguished managing editor himself, Gordon Coe. In March 19081, luck and inspired police work at last produced an arrest, and Spokane shuddered. The man was clean-cut, teetotal, conservative -- and Gordon Coe's son.« less