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Book Review of Beyond Murder: The Inside Account of the Gainesville Student Murders

Beyond Murder: The Inside Account of the Gainesville Student Murders
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The co-authors have written a detailed account of the serial killings in Florida, and have accomplished a sensitive portrayal of the victims' survivors, family and friends grief, much more than the usual true crime analyses one reads. They also have delved into the psychopath's mental condition and personality in more detail and illuminating fashion than one sees in most books about psychopaths. In this case, the man was opaque to most people, disguising his mental aberrations and therefore, passed for "average" through his criminal career. A talented and determined detective persisted in his search to reveal the monster, and did succeed eventually.