I haven't read BLACKBURN, but I agree with you on THE AX. This was one
of the most frightening killers I've run across, precisely because he
wasn't the stereotypical I-kill-because-my-momma-didn't-love-me types. A
truly chilling book.
Larry Chavis
On 8/19/2010 3:59 PM, Ron Clinton wrote:
>
>
>
> Actually, I take that back...Ellroy can have the sixth spot. I just
> remembered a terrific serial killer book: Bradley Denton's BLACKBURN.
> Loved
> that book. Since BLACKBURN stretches the thematic confines of the serial
> killer novel, I'll throw out another one that does as well and, like
> BLACKBURN, is highly recommended: Westlake's THE AX. Like Jimmy Blackburn,
> Westlake's protagonist kills for reasons that he sees as perfectly
> legitimate...reasons that also become all too comprehensible for the
> reader.
> For that reason, these latter two might be the most frightening books
> of the
> bunch.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
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