Bind, Torture, Kill

Growing up in Wichita during the 1970's-80's BTK this book brings back memories. My brother and I had actually visited the murder locations as we are true crime fans. This book gives a lot of details and I actually learned a few things from the interviews with BTK. I only gave a 3 because it really was just a rehash of other books.

Very straight forward writing, feeling a little formulaic and slightly amateur at times. I think it suffered from “too many cooks” with four authors. Overall I was intrigued by the detail about the relationship between the media and the police, and how the events were placed in whatever the current crime environment was in Kansas. I think it painted a fairly complete picture and provided an interesting perspective. I feel more focus could have been placed on bringing the victims to life, but I think the lack of that is simply due to the writing being very “this happened then this happened.” I really liked the detail that went into how they communicated with BTK via press conferences and how they planned his arrest. I believe this was the strongest part of the book. It really picked up and created a feeling of tension, stress, triumph, and relief leading up to, during, and after the arrest.