I bought The Killing of Emma Gross because Damien Seaman is due to make an appearance at the Broadway Book Club this month for a question and answer session. For the princely sum of £1.98 I bought the e-book from Amazon and soon realised it was one of the best value crime books I had read for some time. Even though I have interviewed him before the event, I dare say there will be plenty to ask when the book club meets on the last Thursday of this month.
What attracted your attention to this case in the first place?
Peter Kürten was omnicidal. I mean, this guy killed practically anyone and anything, with practically anything that came to hand. The other known serial killers at the time followed a certain victim profile and method of killing, whereas Kürten’s victims and methods were so varied that at one point the…
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