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Status: Standalone
Available formats: Ebook & Mass Market Paperback
Details: Published December 24th 2012, 320 pages
Source: for review from Jean Book Nerd Tours for blog tour(:
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Ted Bundy. America's most notorious serial killer. For two women, he is the ultimate obsession. One is a cop whose sister may have been one of Bundy's victims. The other is a deranged groupie who corresponded with Bundy in prison--and raised her son to finish what Bundy started. To charm and seduce innocent girls. To kidnap and brutalize more women than any serial killer in history. And to lure one obsessed cop into a trap as sick and demented as Bundy himself. . .
I for one am an avid watcher of the ID (Investigation Discovery) channel, I watch that channel all the time, I watch documentaries on seriel killers, and woman who one day snapped and killed their husbands etc. I love watching shows like that, there has never been a documentary that I have watched and thought it was getting under my skin and creeping me out, does it disgust me or maybe upset me? Yes. But they have never made me feel uncomfortable, Fear Collector made me uncomfortable.
When I finished Fear Collector I couldn't really understand why it got under my skin and freaked me out, and then I realized what it was. It was getting inside the head of the killer that freaked me out. When I watch documentaries it's all people that are knowledgeable about that person or people that are professionals such as a psychologist etc. You never hear from the killer themselves, and if you do you still don't know what was going through their head while they did the horrible things they did, in Fear Collector you get a sneak peek into the killers mind, and it's a creepy place that I didn't like being in.
Gregg has proven to me now after reading 2 of his novels that he is hands down a very talented writer. Fear Collector has a good number of characters and yet the book flowed nicely. I never got confused with names or what was going on, the whole book was written amazingly. Although it was a fairly long book, I felt like I flew through it very quick cause I just couldn't put it down! I needed to know what was going to happen.
This is my first adult true crime fiction/mystery/thriller and it definitely made a good first impression. If you are someone that enjoys true crime fic, or are someone that maybe wants to give it a try, I highly recommend Fear Collector, just don't forget to leave the light on!
CLICK READ MORE FOR A GUEST POST FROM GREGG OLSEN AND GIVEAWAY
Bio
Throughout his career, Gregg Olsen has demonstrated
an ability to create a detailed narrative that offers readers fascinating
insights into the lives of people caught in extraordinary circumstances.
A New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Olsen
has written eight nonfiction books, eight novels, a novella, and
contributed a short story to a collection edited by Lee Child.
The award-winning author has been a guest on
dozens of national and local television shows, including educational programs
for the History Channel, Learning Channel, and Discovery Channel. He has also
appeared on Dateline NBC, William Shatner's Aftermath, Deadly Women on
Investigation Discovery, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Today Show,
FOX News, CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, CBS 48
Hours, Oxygen's Snapped, Court TV's Crier Live, Inside Edition, Extra, Access
Hollywood, and A&E's Biography.
In addition to television and radio appearances,
he has been featured in Redbook, USA Today, People, Salon magazine, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times and
the New York Post.
The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year
by the ILA and Starvation Heights was honored by Washington's Secretary of
State for the book's contribution to Washington state history and
culture. His Young Adult novel, Envy, was the official selection of
Washington for the National Book Festival.
Olsen, a Seattle native, lives in Olalla,
Washington with his wife, twin daughters, three chickens, Milo (an obedience
school dropout cocker spaniel) and Suri (a mini dachshund so spoiled she wears
a sweater).
Quick Guest Post from the author Gregg Olsen!
What’s the best advice
you can give writers to help them develop their own unique voice and style?
That’s a good question. I don’t think I really discovered my
true voice as a writer until Envy and Betrayal. I think I’ve done some good
work over the years and I’m proud of both my adult fiction and nonfiction, but
I feel I’m at the top of my game now because of the experience of writing for a
new audience. YA brought me closer to the reader than ever have been, and that
is making my adult books stronger too. My advice? The inner voice that is yours
alone should be what’s on the page. Not what you think others want to hear. Be
true. Listen to yourself (and always appreciate feedback, but not so much that
you can’t stand your ground when you a passionate about what you’re doing).
Is there such a thing
as a formula for storytelling?
In crime fiction, popular crime fiction, like Fear Collector,
there is a story arc that is a bit of a formula. I mean, if you think about any
genre fiction, there is that structure that the reader is looking for when they
pick up the book. The writer’s job is to shake up the formula with twists and
surprises within the structure. Also, and really this is very important, the
formula must have heart.
Giveaway
2 Winners will receive an ARC Copy of Fear Collector by Gregg Olsen.
1 Winner will receive One poster, One Bookmark, and One button of a Surprise Art by James Vallesteros.
10 Winners will receive One bookmark of a Surprise Art by James Vallesteros.
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9 comments:
Delightful review, I truly enjoyed this one and yes..entering the mind of the killer added to the thrill and creep factor. Olsen spins a good tale!
Ah! This is my kind of book.
Wowza! Sounds like a good but intense read! Maybe one for the middle of the day in the middle of summer surrounded by a bunch of friends and family, haha.
Great review, thanks for sharing, Haley!
Thanks for being part of the tour Haley!!!! <3
I usually don't read adult fiction but this book has really intrigued me :O
thanks for the ga!
Thanks so much for the givaway! This sounds amazing!
Thanks so much for the givaway!
the winner is?
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