After reading enough True Crime books, especially when they’ve been written by a particular author, you slowly become anesthetized; or to use simpler terminology you’re rendered physically insensible regarding how far an individual’s level of depravity can reach. After reading almost two dozen books where the murderer[s] have gone to extraordinary lengths to cover up their unbelievable heinous acts towards men and women, you reach a point where almost nothing they might do would be surprising.

However, in this outing, the author of this book, Jack Rosewood, gives his readers a detailed, well-researched look at Wayne Williams, an individual whose dozens of victims, mostly black male children, started to disappear off the streets of Atlanta, Georgia. Given this specific trait of the victims, naturally the anxiety which arose gave the black community and the nation, the idea that these innocent children were being target by a xenophobic individual.

These acts of violence became know as the Atlanta Child Murders, and it took an army of trained law enforcement individuals from a multitude of organizations to ultimately apprehend and arrest this mindboggling murderer. And just like the television program “You Are There” [1953-1971] hosted by Walter Cronkite, Mr. Rosewood allows his readers to observe the new investigatory techniques using fiber evidence [simply thin filaments of material that can be either organic or synthetic] that an individual had been at a specific location, and the profiling of individuals in order to identify the likely suspect[s] to a crime.

However, Wayne Williams, who instead of his appearance, seemingly to be an unfashionable and socially inept and boringly studious individual; in reality had been the sadistic serial killer they’ve been looking for. And as in all of his books, the author endeavors to tell his readers what had been the possible reason for the transformation from a nerdy child into one of the most copious serial murderers of blacks this nation has known.

For giving me and his readers another shocking, page-turning book, I’m giving Mr. Rosewood the 5 STARS he’s garnered. ( )