Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate (Discovering America)
Ginger Strand is in possession of a sharp eye, a biting wit, a beguiling sense of fun—and a magnificent obsession. (Bloomberg)Strand proves herself to be a first-rate storyteller. (Booklist)The grim stories of murder on the highway may do for road trips what Jaws did for surfing. (Kirkus Reviews)Who knew that these marvelously engineered clover-leafed roadways would not just drive the economy but also create a deadly combination of social transience and personal anonymity, destabilizing sociopaths and psychopaths while making them feel invulnerable to legal consequences? . . . Killer on the Road merges the chilling appeal of true-crime stories with compelling social history. (American History)