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The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central
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“One of the best true crime books of all time.” —Time
As seen on Investigation Discovery’s The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster
The inside story of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked the vulnerable, the young, and the ignored in 1980s Los Angeles—and then returned decades later to kill again
The Grim Sleeper was one of the most brutal serial killers in California history, preying on the women of South Central for decades. No one knows this story better than Christine Pelisek, the reporter who followed it for more than ten years. Based on extensive interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most startling true crime stories of our generation from his violent first crime while serving in the US Army to his inevitable death in prison.
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“One of the best true crime books of all time.” —Time
As seen on Investigation Discovery’s The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster
The inside story of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked the vulnerable, the young, and the ignored in 1980s Los Angeles—and then returned decades later to kill again
The Grim Sleeper was one of the most brutal serial killers in California history, preying on the women of South Central for decades. No one knows this story better than Christine Pelisek, the reporter who followed it for more than ten years. Based on extensive interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most startling true crime stories of our generation from his violent first crime while serving in the US Army to his inevitable death in prison.
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        It took 30 years for justice to catch up with the serial killer dubbed "The Grim Sleeper" by LA Weekly, where crime reporter Pelisek (now at People) covered the story. In her first book, she follows the case from her first article in 2008 to its final day in court in 2016.Starting in the 1980s, Lonnie Franklin Jr. picked up women on the streets of Los Angeles, mostly prostitutes, killed them, and dumped their bodies back on the streets. As each murder was discovered, police came up empty-handed in their search for enough clues to point them to a suspect. Eventually, they were able to take advantage of improved DNA testing techniques to find Franklin and prosecute him. Pelisek takes readers through the investigation step-by-step, and she also delves into the details of the women's lives. The author paints each victim clearly, and she palpably captures the pain of the families left behind. Readers will find this mostly absorbing book to be a quick, if not necessarily easy, read. However, in two sections the author risks losing the interest of readers who are not devoted fans of true crime. She rightly covers each suspect in the long search for the culprit, but she does so without the tension that would allow readers to feel as though each man could be guilty. This makes the revelation of each subsequent suspect feel anticlimactic. During the trial portion of the book, Pelisek loses the thread of her narrative by delving deep into the background of each lawyer involved. While one lawyer's eventual dismissal and possible ethical issues are certainly part of the story, each lawyer's education history and hometown are not. Ultimately, the tangential information slows down the narrative and moves the focus away from the case. True-crime fans will greatly appreciate Pelisek's detail and determination, but some will find the minutiae overwhelming.

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As seen on Investigation Discovery’s The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster
The inside story of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked the vulnerable, the young, and the ignored in 1980s Los Angeles—and then returned decades later to kill again
The Grim Sleeper was one of the most brutal serial killers in California history, preying on the women of South Central for decades. No one knows this story better than Christine Pelisek, the reporter who followed it for more than ten years. Based on extensive interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most startling true crime stories of our generation from his violent first crime while serving in the US Army to his inevitable death in prison.
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