Description
The Shadow of Death is the unforgettable true
story of the search for the man who, since 1984,
has killed at least six women and young girls in the
Connecticut River Valley area of New Hampshire
and Vermont. It is the definitive account of how
police and forensic psychologists work to track a
killer, and it is the harrowing story of bucolic
innocence lost when murder becomes a fact of
small-town life.
In this brilliant work of true-crime reportage,
Philip E. Ginsburg, acclaimed author of the
bestselling Poisoned Blood, re-creates for us the
terror of the small communities unnerved by
inexplicable murders that begin to occur with
horrifying regularity. Ginsburg takes us deep into
the lives of the women who died, so that we share
the pain of their families and friends as the
connections among the several deaths become
chillingly clear. He introduces us to the most up-to-
date methods today’s police use to bring a serial
killer to justice, making real the close-knit world
of the small-town policemen for whom there is no
distinction between the personal and professional
when their own families are in danger. And, most
harrowing of all, Ginsburg paints an indelible
portrait of the psychologist who must burrow
inside the mind of the unknown serial killer, and
who must identify with the murderer even as he
works with the police to capture him.
Philip E. Ginsburg’s new book is imbued with
the same unerring sense of dramatic pacing that
made Poisoned Blood “one of the most riveting
true-crime stories in memory,” according to
Publishers Weekly. The Shadow of Death is
superb and mesmerizing true-crime writing.
Hardcover
397 pages
In very good preloved condition with the exception of light wear to the dust jacket and the remanents of a price sticker on the front cover.