Get a look into some of the most notorious serial killers of the times. From Jack the Ripper, to a mother who killed all nine of her children - there are short biographies of multiple killers.

I love how the author takes the information, and is able to give us some background information on who the person was before they turned to killing, and about what age they started. There were some very unusual fetishes here, and a few of these killers I didn't know much about. It was interesting to see how things unfolded, and what led them to start killing - and continue.

A great read!

I wanted to read this book as research for writing psychological thrillers and it didn't disappoint. There is quite a bit of evil in this world and in that way it was a hard book to read, but very informative and the author did an excellent job.

For anyone that is interested in true crime and the various killers this book will hold your interest for sure. A great read and one to keep on your bookshelf.

A huge thank you to Netgalley and Arcturus Publishing for giving me a chance to read Monsters Who Murder -True Stories of the World's Most Evil Serial Killers
by Al Cimino in exchange for my honest review.

This was perhaps the most gruesome book I have ever read.
Far from fiction, since we are talking about true crime and real life murderers, this book is really heavy.
Some of the obvious trigger warnings would be murder, rape and sexual abuse of both adults, children and animals and honestly the list could go on and on and on. We are talking about the worst of the worst, serial killers that everyone has heard at least once in their life, even if they are fully aware of their crimes or not.
I haven't read any true crime books in the past, but this book was a dive in the deep for me. A book of pure condensed violence and murder written in the most analytical and cold language, giving you every story almost like a statistic, the factual tone of the entire book makes it all he more raw and real.
Really, a book any true crime fan should have in their library.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher of Monsters Who Murder, written by Al Camino, for an ARC of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. This book tells the story of more than 25 real life monsters, some who are famous, and some who could be considered less well known. I enjoyed this book and the wide variety of cases that were covered, and the information shared.

I love reading, watching true crime show and listening to true crime podcasts. So this book was right up my alley. I read this quickly and loved it!! I learned some new information that I hadn't heard before. I loved it.
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Review: Monsters Who Murder by Al Cimino
Rating: 2.5/5 ⭐⭐✨
Tw: murder (that's obviously a given), child murder, SA. There is also the use of the R slur in the book somewhere around ~80%

Disclaimer: Netgalley gifted me this book and in return I'm leaving an honest review. All opinions my own.
If you're intrigued by true crime and want to read about it without intense gory details, I'd say this book is a good start. I typically choose podcasts or YouTube for that, but I was scrolling through netgalley and requested it. The author covers a few well known ones, and a lot even I've never heard of. We've seen the same 4 or 5 serial killers get tons of books and documentaries, and while a few are well known already in this book, it has sections that are short and to the point about them. The author was kind enough not to provide crime scene photos, which is something that happens a lot with true crime content. Morbid curiosity led me here as it always does.
Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to read this book.
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This book covers almost every serial killer imaginable through several individual chapters. I found it very unputdownable as some of these individuals I'd never even heard of. I received a book from NetGalley for my honest review.

3.5 stars
There are so many creepy murderers! At times this book was really interesting, but some just seemed to drag on.. I got a free advanced readers copy from netgalley but my review is unbiased.

An excellent comprehensive collection of some of the most well known and not so well known criminals. Cimino provides a detailed summary of the case that will be sure to interest the general reader.

Al Cimino does a great job in creating a good true crime nonfiction book. I enjoyed that there were familiar names and new ones. It worked well as a true crime book without glorify them. It was well written and researched.

A good collection featuring some well known and some more obscure people. The author provides overview information in a matter of fact way, leaving the reader to determine whether there are any they wish to investigate further.

I found this book fairly interesting. I had read about most of the killers before but a few new ones to me were added. Always interested in true crime.

I usually enjoy true crime books as they go into depth on the killers crimes and potential motives etc, mainly things that aren't common knowledge - this book is basically anything I could find with a quick google search. It wasn't very entertaining to read and I ended up DNF'ing as I couldn't get through it

I like a good true crime book, but this was a DNF for me. The stories seemed to jump around and not make sense. I’m sorry to say this was not the book for me.

I received a free copy of, Monsters Who Murder, by Al Cimino, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. There are way too many monster who murder, a few of them found in this book are: The Golden State Killer, BTK killer, The eyeball killer, the kitten killer, the baby killer, and so many more. I did not want to give the murderer name because they do not deserve it, A fascinating book, on people who kill and their crimes, men and women, old and young.

I enjoyed the topic but the writing was hard to follow at some points. There were run on sentences throughout the book. I would have to read the paragraph over a few times to grasp what was being said in more than one occasion.

if you are going to write a book about some of the most famous serial killers out there, you should probably get the facts of their stories correct. not only is this book full of inaccuracies, it also had many grammatical and spelling errors that made it hard to focus at times. my biggest issue with the book though was the use of the word “mentally retarded.” there are so many other options to use in place of that and it left a bad taste in my mouth

Not badly written. There are a couple of cases here that I hadn’t heard of, but I have to say most of them are so broadly and repetitively covered in entire books that I fail to see the point in including them in a smorgasbord of criminal cases. Why not dig up just the obscure ones?
What is written here is good even though coverage is brief, but I was so tempted to skip the ones I have read about many times.

Collection of A bunch of murderers that have been written about to death and then a few that most people don't talk about as much. Usual collection you see a lot of. Writing is a little to quick and to the point, it at least gave me new people to look up in different areas.