The Green River Killer. The Story of a Twenty-Year Hunt for a Maniac

The complete story of the most prolific serial killer in the U.S., who took the lives of 49 women. To catch him, investigators reached out to Ted Bundy himself.

In the summer of 1982, in the vicinity of Seattle, locals made a horrifying discovery: three female bodies were extracted one after another from the Green River. Detectives immediately linked these cases, but no one suspected that the hunt for a serial killer would stretch over 20 years, the amount of physical evidence would exceed 10,000, and the maniac would manage to take the lives of at least 49 women…

— How did Gary Ridgway, a modest auto factory worker, turn into a maniac, rapist, and necrophile?

— How many times did he come under police scrutiny, and how did he manage to evade justice for so many years?

— Why did he only kill prostitutes?

— Why did detectives in his case consult with another “famous” maniac, Ted Bundy, and what did he tell them?

The gripping and thrilling book “The Green River Killer” is the complete story of the crimes of America’s most prolific serial killer.

Holly Beech is a crime journalist who has covered American crime in the local press for many years. To write this book, she studied case materials and consulted with prominent criminal psychologists and profilers.