The Devil's Right-Hand Man: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Charles Browne - Hardcover

Michaud, Stephen G.; Price, Debbie M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0425217272 ISBN 13: 9780425217276

Publisher: Berkley Hardcover, 2007

Synopsis

Describes how a bizarre letter from Robert Charles Browne, a man serving a life sentence for the killing of a young girl, sparked a trio of retired law enforcement officials to form a cold case squad that took on its own investigation into unsolved murders in six states in an effort to uncover the true story of a cold-blooded serial killer.

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About the Author

Stephen G. Michaud is the New York Times bestselling author and co-author of more than a dozen true crime books.

Debbie M. Price is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications.

Reviews

In a chilling, if sometimes meandering, account of alleged serial killer Robert Browne, Michaud and Price paint a grisly portrait of a man with no remorse or regard for human life. (The case was also recently written about in the New York Times Magazine.) The all-volunteer cold-case squad in Colorado Springs, Colo.—headed by retired FBI agent Charlie Hess and retired police detective Lou Smit—first encountered Browne after his 1995 conviction for the abduction and murder of 13-year-old Heather Church. Convinced that the enigmatic, well-spoken Louisianan had killed before, Hess began what would become a five-year dialogue (initially through letters) with Browne at the Colorado State Penitentiary. Teasing the investigators with riddles and vague details, Browne led them on a gruesome hunt through almost 20 years of unsolved rapes, murders and dismemberments stretching from Louisiana to California. The killer proudly proclaimed the score to be police one, Browne forty-eight. Veteran true-crime author Michaud (Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer) and former Washington Post staffer Price meticulously catalogue the squad's investigation, at times inundating the reader with names, dates and case details that are difficult to keep straight. But this unsettling account of the man who may be one of the country's most prolific serial killers is a must-read for true-crime fans. (Oct. 2)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425217272
• ISBN 13: 9780425217276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288