The Green River Killer: The 20-Year Manhunt for a Serial Killer

The complete story of the most prolific serial killer in the United States, who took the lives of 49 women. To catch him, investigators turned to Ted Bundy himself.

In the summer of 1982, residents near the city of Seattle made a terrifying discovery: three female bodies were pulled from the Green River one after another. Detectives immediately connected these cases, but no one suspected that the hunt for the serial killer would stretch over 20 years, the number of pieces of evidence would exceed 10,000, and the maniac would manage to take the lives of at least 49 women...

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

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

— Why did he only kill prostitutes?

— Why did detectives on his case consult another "famous" maniac, Ted Bundy, and what did he tell them?

The gripping and fast-paced book "The Green River Killer" is the complete story of the crimes of America's most prolific serial killer.

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