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‘Fearless and fierce … a story that transcends a crime story to be a story that threatens social order’ – Michael Connelly
Jillian Lauren set out to research a serial killer for her novel. Instead, she put one at the centre of her life.
After an interview with LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts, Lauren became obsessed with murderer Samuel Little. Following months of exchanging letters with him in prison, Lauren finally got a face-to-face meeting. In the hundreds of hours of interviews that followed, Little confessed to dozens more killings for the first time. Lauren knew this harrowing relationship was taking its toll, both psychologically and legally – but she couldn’t stop.
This book delivers a disturbing and terrifyingly up-close window into the mind of a serial killer – and ultimately shines a light on the lives of those he murdered. Lauren has shared history with the vulnerable women (often drug addicts or sex workers) he preyed upon and had unparalleled access to Little before he died, resulting in an extraordinary true crime account – a haunting parallel story of killer, author and victims, the journey into a disturbing mind and a murderer that shocked the world.
Jillian Lauren set out to research a serial killer for her novel. Instead, she put one at the centre of her life.
After an interview with LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts, Lauren became obsessed with murderer Samuel Little. Following months of exchanging letters with him in prison, Lauren finally got a face-to-face meeting. In the hundreds of hours of interviews that followed, Little confessed to dozens more killings for the first time. Lauren knew this harrowing relationship was taking its toll, both psychologically and legally – but she couldn’t stop.
This book delivers a disturbing and terrifyingly up-close window into the mind of a serial killer – and ultimately shines a light on the lives of those he murdered. Lauren has shared history with the vulnerable women (often drug addicts or sex workers) he preyed upon and had unparalleled access to Little before he died, resulting in an extraordinary true crime account – a haunting parallel story of killer, author and victims, the journey into a disturbing mind and a murderer that shocked the world.
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Reviews
The serial killer speaks?and so do his victims. Behold the Monster is a rare gem of a true crime narrative. Author Jillian Lauren pushes away spiders and cobwebs to take you deep inside the torturous mind of an apex predator while also adding a heart-wrenching dimension to the many lives he destroyed. The writing is crisp, disturbing and ultimately terrifying!
Wildly original... True crime fans will find this a unique and disturbing thrill ride.
Fearless and fierce ... a story that transcends a crime story to be a story that threatens social order
Equal parts harrowing and imaginative, Behold the Monster looks straight into the face of pure evil and doesn't blink. Jillian Lauren's devastating portrait of Sam Little and his innumerable victims is a journey into a darkness that is almost unfathomable; as well as an indictment of a failed justice system and the social decay that created a serial killer in the first place. Utterly gripping, this book will tear you apart.
It's always been on my mind. How my sister died, who killed her and why. But now we know, thank the Lord. After all these years, the Lord has answered our prayers.
Jillian confronts the man with the dubious honor of being America's most prolific serial killer. His revelations were gleaned due to Jillian's work with Little, law enforcement, the Texas Rangers, and the FBI...she got this murderer to confess.
A bewitching blend of empathy and brio, deep imagination and cold curiosity ... a tale of horror that is also humane and self aware. A hard book to read, and even harder to put down
You can go to hell, but you can't come back clean. Jillian Lauren made the trip for us and the result is a gripping personal thriller, a true crime confessional. Lauren steps up to the monster and tells it straight, in dancing prose by turns lyrical , hard boiled, confessional, and encyclopedic. This story introduces us to scores of victims, previously unknown and unnamed. Women who society forgot... but their killer never did. Lauren brings them into the light.
Jillian confronts America's most prolific serial killer. His revelations were gleaned due to Jillian's work with Little, law enforcements, the Texas Rangers and the FBI ... she got this murderer to confess'
Jillian Lauren employs a bewitching blend of empathy and brio, deep imagination and cold curiosity, to unleash a tale of horror that is also humane and self aware. This is a hard book to read, and even harder to put down.
Sam Little is the monster in this story and Jillian Lauren is the slayer. She is the one who stuck her nose into it, saw something was not right, was dreadfully wrong, in fact, and did something about it.