It’s also about what’s wrong with a broken criminal justice (legal) system and the strange world of forensic psychiatry. It’s really about victim and family rights as opposed to the killer’s. It’s not to shock you with gory details, though there’s enough to go around. I’m going to tell you the nearly unspeakable story of The Guy on the Greyhound Bus. Now this deranged killer is scott-free because he was found not criminally responsible simply because he was a schizophrenic who wasn’t on pills. Have you heard about The Guy on the Greyhound Bus? The story where the psycho stabbed a sleeping bus passenger 100 times then cut off his head and paraded it like a carnival prize before gutting him and eating his eyes and his heart before the crowd? Well, it’s true.
But what about guys? And what about true crime? Especially true crime with a horror twist starring a demon straight outa Stephen King’s head. I haven’t read them but respect the girls have done well in crime fiction. The Girl You Lost, Girl In The Dark, The Good Girl and, of course, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series come to mind. Then The Girl in the Ice by indie author Robert Bryndza took off. The girl-trend started with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. Paula Hawkins’ The Girl On The Train sold millions of copies. There’s intense interest around girl-train thrillers.
