<link href="css/9780316514033.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:2e2ddf6d-07ef-4810-9c1f-e038a7f2ef0e" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <div class="galley-rw"> <section class="frontmatter-rw Preface-rw" epub:type="frontmatter preface" id="Preface1"> <div class="block-rw" id="communication-letter1"> <p class="salute-fm-rw" id="salute1">Dear Reader,</p> <p class="l-fm-rw" id="p18">Above all else I’m a storyteller. I craft stories for insatiable readers. And though my books may seem over-the-top to some, I find that I am most often inspired by real life. After all, truth is stranger than fiction.</p> <p class="l-fm-rw" id="p19">The crimes in this book are 100% real. Certain elements of the stories, some scenes and dialogue, locations, names, and characters have been fictionalized, but these stories are about real people committing real crimes, with real, horrifying consequences.</p> <p class="l-fm-rw" id="p20">And as terrifying and visceral as it is to read about these crimes gone wrong, there’s something to remember: <i>the bad guy always gets caught.</i></p> <p class="l-fm-rw" id="p21">If you can’t get enough of these true crimes, please watch the pulse-racing new television series on Investigation Discovery, <i>Murder Is Forever</i>, where you’ll see these shocking crimes come to life.</p> <p class="l-fm-rw" id="p22">I hope you’re as haunted by these accounts as I am. They’ll remind you that though humans have the capacity for incredible kindness, we also have the capacity for unspeakable violence and depravity.</p> <div class="left-50-rw"> <div class="pc-rw" id="pc1"><img alt="" src="images/jp_signature_online.jpg"/></div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </body> </html>