I received a mobi.File copy of this
book through a LibraryThing giveaway and the following is my honest opinion.
In this outing the author, Jack
Rosewood, takes us to the land down under and to the sadistic mind of Eric
Edgar Cooke , otherwise known as “The Night Caller.”
Like most serial killers Cooke we can
his depraved mindset to an abusive childhood, and in Cooke’s case his facial deformity
which couldn’t be hidden and his speech impediment aided in the formation of
his true Jekyll and Hyde personality.
While during the day the Jekyll half
of his personality was prominent, the night allowed Mr. Hyde to take over. None
of his co-workers or even the police never could associate Cooke to any of the
murders and hit-and-run killings taking place around them. In fact, the police
even had empathy for him and even called him “Cookie.”
As in the rest of his books Mr. Rosewood
makes sure he discussed his early childhood, abusive from his parents and the
torment he received from his classmates at school. Cooke’s shrewdness made sure
he didn’t fall into any recognizable pattern; his victims in their sex, age and
manner in which they died had always been in random.
While Cooke had been forced to take
menial jobs and usually wound up injuring himself; he even had stints in the
military but wound being dismissed when his criminal past caught up with him.
With a wife and seven children to take
care of Eric began his spree of burglaries which eventually led to down the
path to murders.
To round out his book the author has
made sure to give a listing of some of his victims and ending by writing about
the mistake which, as with all serial killers, eventually led to his being
caught, his trial and execution.
In the end readers are also given
information about survivors of his attacks and other factors connected to
Cooke’s rain of terror and the effect it had on the City of Perth.
The book contains several bonuses
including a brief discussion regarding the psyche of serial killers and a link for a FREE e-book copy of another
book in his series.
For another enlightening book about
serial killers I’m giving this one 5 STARS.
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