Between 1984 and 1986 four young women in Wichita, Texas were brutally killed, most stabbed to death and left in a carnage of blood, one strangled and another smothered with a pillow. There was no doubt for those trying to find the killer that these were acts of rage. Difficult to find the connection, it wasn't until 14 long years after the women were killed, that a new detective, John Little, brought a fresh perspective , and a chance discovery that led to the killer.

A liar, a substance abuser, and a man filled with rage, Faryion Wardrip (what a name!), randomly found women to mutilate. The murders were actions of chance, and Faryion simply found and killed whenever the opportunity arose. Some were raped, all were undeserving of the cruel fate that left their bodies discarded and mutilated.

The book focused more on the grief stricken families than the life of Wardrip. For all those years, sisters, grandmothers, fathers, mothers, and friends were haunted by the fact that the killer simply could not be found...Until, Little saw that the girls murdered lived or worked in close proximity of each other.

When caught, Faryion admitted he killed the final woman, a "friend." He thought he could get away with killing the others. When caught, he flippantly noted that there was another woman he killed. She didn't live in Wichita.

If you like to read true crime stories, this is a good book.

One can only guess at what triggered the rage that left five women dead. And, in the end, even if it is know why, it does not change the fact that the girls died young, tragically and their murders were senseless and brutal. ( )

I liked it. Okay the author did spoil the story a little bit which he should not have done but all in all this was a book with surprising twists. Only thing missing to me was more information about the killer. Nothing about his youth, why he became like this. ( )