To me, it was never a choice between the two because I knew that I felt good about myself and I felt better when I had written. So it was really good for my mental health when I could write. “A tale of obsession, dark histories, and one woman’s quest to bring a terrifying killer to justice, GIRL, 11 is delivered with poise, style, and cunning - making it impossible to put down.The thing is though is that I really love writing and as Dorothy Parker says “I love having written” (laughs). Alex Segura, acclaimed author of Miami Midnight and Blackout “A tale of obsession, dark histories, and one woman’s quest to bring a terrifying killer to justice, GIRL, 11 is delivered with poise, style, and cunning - making it impossible to put down.” Bailey, internationally bestselling author of Woman on the Edge “A masterful, heart-pounding suspense that ushers in an astonishing new voice in crime fiction."
She had hoped her investigation would lay that suspicion to rest, but her podcast seems instead to be inciting new victims. While media and law enforcement long ago concluded that TCK had suicided, Elle has never believed TCK was dead. Then, within days, a child is abducted-a young girl who seems to fit suspiciously into the TCK sequence halted decades before.
When Elle follows up on a listener tip only to discover the man’s dead body, she feels at fault. Then, after he took his eleven-year-old victim, the pattern-and the murders-abruptly stopped. Twenty years ago, TCK was terrorizing the community, kidnapping and ritualistically murdering three girls over seven days, each a year younger than the last. Now she hosts a popular true crime podcast that focuses on cold cases of missing and abducted children.Īfter four seasons of successfully solving these cases in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Elle decides to tackle her white whale: The Countdown Killer. "Propulsive. Not only is the book difficult to put down, it’s also an adroit exploration of the ethical quandaries of true-crime storytelling, particularly in podcasts."Įlle Castillo once trained as a social worker, supporting young victims of violent crime.
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