"The truth about true crime. Why are we so fascinated by serial killers and sociopaths? In part, it's because until they're caught, they hide in plain sight--ordinary-looking folks living seemingly ordinary lives. We see them at the grocery store or next to us in traffic. That's the commonality shared by Adnan from Serial and Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs: the criminals blend in, the ones who we would never suspect, are the ones that captivate us the most. Double Lives chronicles those very monsters who walk unnoticed among us--the neighbors and students, colleagues and friends living criminal double lives. Double Lives is both an exposé and a search detailing the exploits of some of the worst secret criminals in recent American history, all of whom succeeded in going undetected fro years while perpetrating strings of horrific acts in their own hometowns. Gender? Race? Age? Class? It doesn't matter. All stripes of people from all walks of life are profiled in this revelatory book. Fascinating and at times a little frightening, Erich Brach's Double Lives pulls the mask off the criminals next door... and explores the future of secrets hiding in our very own backyards."--Page [4] of cover.
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