The Serial Killer Whisperer by Pete Earley 364.152

This book was interesting but it will have a very small number of interested readers! I read a lot of different genres but one of my favorites is true crime. I like the Ann Rule type book which is mostly about the background and the trial and just a bit about the actual crime itself. About half of this book is detailed information about grisly crimes. I quickly learned to skim those sections - just too much information. The part that I did find fascinating is the story of Tony Ciaglia. He was a an above-average teen. He had good grades, was athletic and ran around with a good group of kids. Then everything changed in a heartbeat when he was 15. Hit by a jet-ski he suffered a horrific brain injury. He was not expected to survive but somehow he did. But the new Tony was not like the old one. At first he was a hero to his friends as he struggled to relearn how to do normal things. His brain, however, was damaged forever which caused emotional outbursts that alienated him from his friends. He decides to write to serial killers in prison (!?). He somehow connects to these misfits of society and in scores of letters they began to tell him things that the police didn't know. After reading a few of these letters I decided that skimming was the only way I would make it through the book. So it was interesting - but reader be ware before you begin this book.