The spider and the fly
Subtitle: a reporter, a serial killer, and the meaning of murder
By: Claudia Rowe
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780062416124
Subjects: Serial murderers; Psychology; Serial murders; Case studies
Description: "...Local police discovered the bodies of eight women stashed in the attic and basement of the small colonial home that Kendall Francois, a painfully polite twenty-seven-year-old community college student, shared with his parents and sister...[the author] had always been secretly fascinated by the darkness, and soon became obsessed with the story and with Francois. She was consumed with the desire to understand just how a man could abduct and strangle eight women--and how a family could live for two years, seemingly unaware, in a house with the victims' rotting corpses. She also hoped to uncover what humanity, if any, a murderer could maintain in the wake of such monstrous evil. Reaching out after Francois was arrested, Rowe and the serial killer began a dizzying four-year conversation about cruelty, compassion, and control; an unusual and provocative relationship that would eventually lead her to the abyss, forcing her to clearly see herself and her own past--and why she was drawn to danger..."--page ii.
Table of contents: title: The weight of paper; title: 99 Fulton avenue; title: When night falls; title: Tricks of the trade; title: The final insult; title: Strange town; title: As if we were friends; title: Close to home; title: Evidence of things not seen; title: Man and monster; title: Solitaire; title: U-turns; title: Ghost story; title: A day in the life; title: One of our own; title: The face in the mirror; title: Discharged; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgements; title: Author's note.