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 The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley
Description: ISBN 0007180616 / Author: Jack Kerley / Genre: Crime / Thriller Newest Review: ... Let’s just say they weren’t regular oil or watercolour paintings. As the leader of a cult, Hexcamp certainly had a strange ... more  ... following of awe-inspired fans who were desperate to cater to his every whim...something which he fully used to his advantage. Together they created visions that have stayed with his devoted acolytes for the many years since his death.
Together, Ryder and Nautilus uncover stories of Hexcamps debauched history and something much more disturbing...the Death Collectors. An underground network of wealthy individuals who like nothing more than to collect criminal memorabilia and are willing to pay vast sums of mone...more |
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The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley: Even Serial Killers Have Fans (1000 words)
by Foxy-Lady - written on 17.07.07 (Very useful, 260 readings)
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It’s 1972 and Marsden Hexcamp is in court awaiting sentencing after three weeks on trial for murder. Death by electrocution is announced as punishment for his hideous crimes, only that won’t actually be necessary...a mysterious weeping woman quickly enters the room and shoots Hexcamp at point blank range, then proceeding to turn the gun on herself, bringing an end to her tears. Thirty years later, a murder has been committed in Mobile, Alabama. The gruesome manner in which the corpse has been ‘displayed’ suggests a rather sadistic mind at work. Detectives Carson Ryder and Harry Nautilus are called in to investigate. As the duo who form the local ...
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