Love Letters to a Serial Killer
Cosmo's Thriller of the Year 2024 – ‘dark, witty and so original’ (Sarah Pinborough)
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
'Fun, sassy, confident' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Completely original' Reader Review,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Funny, twisting, enthralling' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Irresistible' Reader Review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hannah's love life? Dying. Career? Dead. New pen pal? Deadly.
Hannah Wilson can't text her ex again - it's too sad. She can't snap back at the new boss who took her promotion either - she'll be fired. But what she can do is write a series of furious letters to William Thompson, arrested for the murders of multiple women he got close to.
You're a monster, I hope you know that.
I want you to listen when I tell you that I'll never be able to go on a date again without thinking of you. Every moment I will wonder whether he wants to love me or murder me.
Hannah's shocked when William writes back, each response more surprising than the last. And as communication tips from curiosity to obsession, Hannah has to wonder if William might be innocent, and whether she even wants him to be...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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.
Customer Reviews
This book was a wild ride!
3,5 stars ⭐️
Seriously, what’s up with women falling in love and becoming obsessed with serial killers? That concept alone had me hooked when I picked it up—it’s completely nuts!
The story follows Hannah, a thirty-something who, after being ghosted and watching her friends settle into suburbia, dives into a true-crime forum obsessed with solving a string of murders in Atlanta. When William, a charming lawyer, is arrested for the killings, she starts writing to him as an outlet for her frustration, and it feels oddly empowering—until he writes back. What starts as curiosity spirals into obsession, and soon Hannah loses her job, attends his trial, and befriends other women just like her. It’s absolutely crazy! It gave me serious Ted Bundy vibes, reminding me of those women who supported him while completely ignoring the horrific fates of his victims.
I’ve honestly never read anything quite like this before. The book is unhinged, absurd, and sometimes just plain sad.
Why does this happen? Honestly, I think some women are drawn to the danger or the idea of being "special" to someone so feared. And there’s definitely something about romanticizing broken people. It’s wild, but I think some women fall for serial killers because they’re drawn to the danger or the idea of being the one person who can "understand" or "save" someone so broken. There’s something about wanting to feel special or different from everyone else, like they have a connection no one else can have. It’s a twisted kind of romanticizing, where the reality of the crimes just gets pushed aside.
I’d give this book 3 out of 5 stars. It’s definitely entertaining, but it lost some steam halfway through. The tension was all over the place—the beginning sucked me in, but the ending felt like a bit of a letdown. Still, the premise was super fascinating though!