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🤯😳Terrifying & jaw-dropping! This is a must read for true-crime lovers📚

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I would LOVE💕to finish up both these open reads from October. My reading has slowed down to a crawl & so far have finished 0 books so far this month🤦🏻‍♀️😢

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Opening this kobo read while enjoying a final cozy evening on the back deck, we winterize it💨🥶 I‘m already sad🥺with the sense of loss, even though it‘s only for a few months.

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This was a dark book-Israel Keyes would hit kill kits across the US. He would fly in, rent a car, and pick up his kit and a victim.

Utterly terrifying serial killer.

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“Torturing and killing small animals, pets especially, is experimentation in controlling and killing another living thing for pure pleasure. It is practice, the last step before graduating to humans.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It‘s disturbing how many serial killers have existed in this country. Anchorage-based Israel Keyes was a real piece of shit, obviously: bank robber, rapist, murderer. I‘m not upset to speak of him in the past tense. Interesting tidbit is that he was born Fundamentalist LDS then his folks joined a white supremacy cult, so there‘s a bit of unpacking to be done in the nature/nurture conversation.

There were some parts that dragged, but overall a fast read

Callahan missed so many opportunities to start a discussion about police response, psychology, intra-agency relationships, etc., but decided on just a straight retelling of facts and relating of interviews. Not horrible, just not great.

There is now 4 true crimes books that have scared the bejesus out of me.

Israel Keyes is one truly psychopathic individual who just enjoyed rape and murder. The fact that the FBI is still piecing together his story and victims is chilling. He figured out how to be the almost perfect serial killer and only got caught because he went hunting in his backyard.

Be prepared to read this in the daylight as it's truly horrifying!

Serial killer and Jimmy Johns... It's great Friday lunch!

This was well researched and written. I have read two true crime books and have decided the genre is not for me.

Israel Keyes is probably one of the scariest serial killers you've never heard of. The descriptions of his activities, how random they seem, is terrifying. It's also disturbing how much of the investigation into his movements prior to his arrest has not been released due to "national security concerns". This book was well-written and researched. It's a little dry, but informative. The audiobook narrator is also pretty good.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 A very interesting true crime book about a recent serial killer and the investigation. I found a lot of the investigative parts fascinating, and the author did a great job researching the case since so little seems to be known about his crimes. I listened to this on audio and liked that format.

I think I just have to accept that (although the profiling and investigations intrigue me) true crime just isn't really my genre.
This one is about little known serial killer Israel Keyes, how he was caught and what little investigators learned from him about his crimes.
The author was focused and thankfully avoided revelling in the gruesome, so I would read her again. But I'm just not sure we know enough for the book to satisfy me.

Sooooo interesting! I highly suggest if you like true crime!

Loved the writing, hated the subject. I actually steer away from serial killers despite loving true crime, but Israel Keyes is interesting.

This book is one of my favorites and it‘s super cheap on Kindle today 🤩🥳🤓

Another great crime book. This author holds no punches when calling out police mistakes or misguidance and focus on the facts of this case more than the victims or drama of it. Absolutely love it

This pulled me out of my book slump! This was all around a wild ride. I‘m devastated at the ending of this case and the fact that this didn‘t get as much news coverage due to a lot of mishandling. If you‘re into serial killers, this is definitely one to add to the collection.

The Waste Lands didn‘t pull me in like I was hoping. American Predator pulled me in right away and I‘ve barely put it down since I started it today. I hate that I don‘t remember hearing about this case as it was happening. #americanpredator #maureencallahan #serialkiller #bookslump #kindle #ebook #library

Finished this one! It is always hard to rate true crime books as it describes the worst moment in history for the victims and their families.

I thought Callahan wrote this book well, used factual references, played up the mystery, and stayed on point. The book was disturbing and difficult to put down! This was an extremely interesting case and I hope to read more true crime books by this author.

It‘s a “pick” but “meticulous” he was not… it‘s wild how many crimes go unsolved because of TINY but obvious mistakes on the investigators. This man is something out of a horror film though.
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So this guy is terrifying! Excellent true crime. My #bookspin for October @TheAromaofBooks #teamslaughter @Clwojick #outstandingoctober @Andrew65

Hoping to finish this book tonight!

I never know how to rate true crime books but wow this story is crazy interesting. I have a little over a hundred pages left to read.

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Loved this disturbing true crime book! I really enjoyed Callahan‘s writing and the research put into this.

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Three scary #TrueCrime books: I read Stranger Beside Me years ago but still think about it. I‘ll Be Gone in the Dark was an audiobook I needed to listen to during the daylight. 😱 The tagged book is in my #TBR stack & sounds suitably frightening. 😱

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Scary that people like this exist in this world.

In the midst of moving so I've been driving for at least 2.5-3hrs each day since Sunday. I realise it's only Tuesday but I started this Sunday and finished the last 15m this morning and I feel like it's Friday lol.
Imo this is a great only crime novel-it presents a lot of transcripts etc, of course redacted/abridged. TW abound BUT there isn't the super gorey detail one might expect to find. Crimes are stated matter of factly and not dwelled on.

What a frightening book!!!! Israel Keyes is the most meticulous serial killer in recent history, making kill kits to hide, buried, in states across the US, maybe Canada too. The extent of his crimes hasn't, and probably won't ever, be definitely determined. 😶

I've never felt so unsafe in my life.

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This book was excellent. Callahan put a lot of work into getting documents, interviews, and being fair to both sides. She gave credit where it was due but also criticized and pointed out mistakes made. I was impressed enough with her skills to read any other true crime she has written or will write. Creepy story of Israel Keyes‘ crimes across North America. Keyes is the guy who sent a ransom note with a pic of the dead victim with her 1/

I must admit, this freaked me out! Keyes came scarily close to becoming the perfect serial killer. So many cases that he may have been responsible for remain unsolved. A great true crime book!

Thanks for the recommendation @Bookish_AF !

This is my #Bookspin for March.

Chilling account of a lesser known but extremely scary & methodical serial killer.Questioning & custody errors account partially for less being known.A blurb on the back compared this to Guinns Manson book or McNamaras I‘ll be Gone in the Dark , I don‘t think the quality of the writing is very close to either of those books.If I had a nickel for every book called the next Catcher In The Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird....🙄🙄

Just 3 of the things that made this a 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read for me: 1) Psychotic serial killer 2) Ample mistakes made by local law enforcement officers up to top ranking FBI agents and the Dept. of Justice 3) Really excellent research and writing skills on the part of Callahan. Highly recommend! I couldn‘t put this book down. Anddd now I‘m going to try to go to sleep 😏😬

🎧 Israel Keyes will give you nightmares!

He lived in Alaska. For 14 years he‘d fly all over the states to where he buried kill kits ... you‘ll have to read or listen to this book if you want to know more about this serial killer.

Trigger warnings all over the place!!

I was on the edge of my seat & listened strait through! Good narration. Highly recommend if you‘re interested in true crime & don‘t mind it spelled out. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/nz02IJLRfOU

Enjoy!

This is a re-read for me which made it really quick to get through.

I was so glad to get to read through with everyone‘s #lmpbc notes in it though, it made for a whole new experience. If you‘re in to true crime this is a really fascinating case and I highly recommend it!

Checking a box off my #bookspinbingo more quickly than I expected.

Wow, American Predator reveals a dark and meticulous killer who got away with.multiple murders throughout the United States. What a wild story that really makes you think about walking home alone at night, we could all have been a victim of such a person. this was a short and quick read and moved really fast as the story or what we know of the story of Israel Keyes was unveiled.

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The rarest form of murder is serial. #maureencallahan#americanpredator

Went out today :) #LMPBC group e and group y Dis you change your name Sace I can‘t tag you :(

#Holidaycardswap. On the right is done the left just need to be addressed. Just tagged as #holidaycard because someone said anything with “swap” might be stolen. Some have comments, some have wishes, some have dad jokes. All are random so who knows whose getting what. Lol

I love true crime stories and this was gripping and scary as anything. I‘d never even heard of Israel Keyes, but once I started reading this book I couldn‘t stop.

The book is wonderful in its setup. From when he‘s caught and interrogated and then flashing back to previous crimes and his growing up. There‘s facts and theories, but also thoughts about the search for evidence and reflection on how the case was handled.

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