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Book Review of The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers (American Serial Killers) (Volume 1)

The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers (American Serial Killers) (Volume 1)
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The author explains how he chose the 'deadly dozen' of serial killers and it has merit. Certainly, the people he discussed were certainly horrific. I liked the author's clear style. He didn't add unnecessary gore to the picture but just explained the facts. The author told the story and then went on to the next story; he didn't sensationalize.

At the end, Keller tried to give some explanation of the reasons people killed multiple times. He has some good points for his reasoning and cited examples. However, the question is moot because we, as a society cannot control most of those factors (violence in the family, adoption, influence of relatives).

I looked around on the Internet and found that Robert Keller has written a great deal about serial killers - around the world.