Authorities estimate that there are between 35 and 50 serial killers on the loose in the United States - and new reports of suspected serial killers are constantly surfacing all over the globe. He could be your neighbour. She could be your gardener. He could be hunting prostitutes, drifters, hitchhikers, old widows, or young boys. He could strike at any time, and in any place And with horrifying regularity, he does. A serial killer living somewhere near you is looking for his next victim. According to an FBI Behavioural Unit study, seerial killing has climbed to an almost 'epidemic proportion'. This is the first look at serial killers at large, from one of the world's foremost authorities. Antonio Mendoza runs the Internet Crime Archives - his US based website recieves around 20,000 hits a day and has been featured in Newsweek, the New York Times and other high-profile newspapers and magazines. True Crime is an area that Virgin Publishing has a long and distinguished history based on critically acclaimed and highly successful titles.
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Antonio Mendoza is a respected authority on true crime and runs a popular website www.mayhem.net. He has written for the LA Times among other newspapers and magazines.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A. Vegan
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was a decent book but since I just read it now, some of the unsolved murders have now been solved. Killers on the Loose is superficially alluring but ultimately unsatisfying - the paperback equivalent of a salacious American television documentary. The major shortcoming of Mendoza's is that he makes no reference to any other work on the subject. It's not that Mendoza hasn't carried out any research, clearly he has, but he provides no references to substantiate what appears to be a paper-bound version of the case studies on his website. The book abounds with unsourced quotes from various law enforcement officials that might be from newspapers, television news or from interviews, but the sources are never stated (in fact the only reference Mendoza provides in the whole 240 pages is to his own website). So while the cover tells us that "this is the first look at serial killers at large, from one of the world's foremost authorities", this claim appears to be no more than an unsupported assertion on the part of the blurb-writer.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I am a big true crime fan. What I like about Mendoza's book are the murderers he chooses to cover -- they're not the same one's you always hear about. His unadorned prose and direct approach storytelling lets the grisley facts speak for themselves. I couldn't put this book down but I'm glad I'm finished with it... it kept me up at night.
7 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
who knew there were so many serial killers throughout the world. I loved this book. it paints a fascinating picture of different serial killers on the loose and the investigators looking for them. in a couple chapters mendoza chronicles how suspects are finally brought to justice, giving us a first-hand look of how serial killers are caught.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
great reading for true crime aficionados
this is one of the best true crime books i've read in a long time. it's up to the minute information on open cases worldwide is fascinating. Read more
Published on November 10, 2003 by dahlia griffith
1.0 out of 5 stars
not worth bothering with
Some true crime books just aren't worth it--this is one of those. Look elsewhere is all I can tell you. this one is practically a waste of time. Read more
Published on July 5, 2003
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