suggested reading

Of course, BOFFO and its employees don’t exist in real life (oh, to dream), but the psychiatric and neurologic quirks they have do exist, and, I’m sorry to say, serial killers exist, too. Below are some of the books I used for research. Some of them have been out less than five years; others have been around for decades. Any one of them is a pretty fine way to spend a few afternoons. I don’t have the drive or the attention to detail necessary to work in the mental health field, write true crime books, see the world as a synesthete, or go on a killing spree, but I have great respect for those who do. Except for, you know. That last one. The other stuff, though: big-time respect.

Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their Worlds, by Patricia Lynne Duffy.

The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout.

The Onion Field, by Joseph Wambaugh.

The Stranger Beside Me, by Ann Rule.