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Title details for Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell - Wait list

Love Letters to a Serial Killer

by Tasha Coryell
Andi Arndt
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An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller.
Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs, thirty-something Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that’s on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After William, a handsome lawyer, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing him letters. It’s the perfect outlet for her pent-up frustration and rage. The exercise empowers her, and even feels healthy at first.
Until William writes back.
Hannah’s interest in the case goes from curiosity to obsession, leaving space for nothing else as her life implodes around her. After she loses her job, she heads to Georgia to attend the trial and befriends other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is discovered murdered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty, and Hannah is the first person he calls upon his release. The two of them quickly fall into a routine of domestic bliss.
Well, as blissful as one can feel while secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

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  • Release date

    June 25, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593870365
      • File size: 258733 KB
      • Duration: 08:59:01

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 15, 2024
      Poet Coryell’s impressive mystery debut chronicles a young woman’s budding obsession with an accused killer. After Hannah’s quest for a promotion at her Minneapolis nonprofit job stalls and her boyfriend ghosts her, she finds solace and kinship in an online true crime forum focused on identifying the culprit who murdered four women near Atlanta. When handsome young lawyer William Thompson is arrested and charged with the crimes, Hannah begins writing angry letters to him while he awaits trial behind bars. When William unexpectedly responds, their communication turns flirtatious. Before long, Hannah agrees to be his girlfriend, and becomes so consumed by their exchanges that she’s fired from her job. She decides to go to Atlanta to watch William’s trial, bonding with fellow “serial killer groupies” in the process. When another body is found during the trial in the same ravine where the other women were discovered, William is swiftly acquitted, and Hannah moves in with him, gradually growing accustomed to his moneyed lifestyle. All the while, however, she’s nagged by doubts about her new beau’s acquittal, and begins looking for incriminating clues. Coryell expertly renders her protagonist’s uneasy perch between love and suspicion, keeping readers as in the dark as Hannah is about William’s true nature until the very end. This is un-put-downable. Agent: Katie Greenstreet, Paper Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      It's great fun to listen to Andi Arndt switching from one accent or vocal register to another. She is skillful and generous, calling no attention to herself, leaving all your focus on this first-person narrative, a tale told by an obsessive young woman named Hannah who pursues a man accused of murdering four women much like herself. First-person narratives are claustrophobic by their nature, and it helps if the central character is distinctive, wise, funny, or otherwise good company. If, as in this case, she is not, the actor is all-important. Hannah is in a situation that compels attention, and even though you'll see the twists coming, Arndt keeps the pace steady and the listener intently hoping for a happy outcome. B.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      September 13, 2024

      When William Thompson, a handsome lawyer in Georgia, is accused of being a serial killer, Hannah goes from casual true crime consumer to obsessed. Avoiding her failing professional and personal life, she finds a sense of belonging in the true crime community. As her infatuation grows, Hannah begins writing letters to William, letters that he actually replies to. Believing they have a deep connection, Hannah leaves her life behind and travels to William's trial as a macabre groupie, mingling with the victims' families and friends. When he is acquitted, though, she's unable to stop searching for evidence of his guilt, and Hannah must decide if she was attracted to the man or just aroused by the possibility that he was a murderer. Coryell makes a delightfully disturbing debut with this grimly humorous psychological suspense. Narrator Andi Arndt gives an expressive performance of Hannah's deeply flawed first-person perspective. The combination of comedy and cliffhangers yields a compelling experience that will keep listeners rapt. VERDICT This audio will appeal to listeners seeking an intricate, unsettling psychological thriller about serial killers and the women who love them. Recommended for fans of Karen E. Olson and Ana Reyes.--Lauren Hackert

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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