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Book Review of Shop of Horrors

Shop of Horrors
Shop of Horrors
Author: Bill G. Cox
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3


From back Cover:
Handsome and friendly, Michael Durwood Griffith was a career law enforcement officer whose competence and courage were recognized when he was named Panama City, Florida's "Lawman of the Year."

Married three times and always on the prowl, Griffith was irresistible to women. But those who fell Victim to his charm ultimately fell victim to his terrible secret; he was a woman-hating Sociopath who harbored an urge to rape, torture and degrade-an urge that would soon reach it's terrifying climax in Houston, Texas.

On a sweltering Fall morning in 1994, the sexually battered corpse of 44-year-old Deborah McCormick was discovered in the backroom of her Houston flower shop. The single mother of two had been raped and repeatedly stabbed to death. But that was only the beginning of Griffith's two week crime spree of robbery, sexual assault, and murder that would shock the nation.