{"product_id":"9780349127538","title":"Murderland","description":"Author: Caroline Fraser\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349127538\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 480\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMurderland \u003c\/i\u003ereads like a true crime thriller'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting, elegant and fiercely intelligent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrically luminescent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026lt;h4\u0026gt;A terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePrairie Fires\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026lt;\/h4\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in the brooding landscape of the Pacific Northwest. But in the 1970s and 80s, Bundy was just one perpetrator amid an uncanny explosion of serial rape and murder across the region. Why so many? Why so weirdly and nightmarishly gruesome? Why the senseless rise and then sudden fall of an epidemic of serial killing?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As \u003ci\u003eMurderland\u003c\/i\u003e indelibly maps the lives and careers of Bundy and his infamous peers in mayhem - the Green River Killer, the I-5 Killer, the Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler, even Charles Manson - Fraser's Northwestern death trip begins to uncover a deeper mystery and an overlapping pattern of environmental destruction. At ground zero in Ted Bundy's Tacoma, stood one of the most poisonous lead, copper, and arsenic smelters in the world, but it was only one among many that dotted the area. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Fraser's investigation inexorably proceeds, evidence mounts that the plumes of western smelters not only sickened and blighted millions of lives, but also warped young minds, spawning a generation of serial killers. A propulsive non-fiction thriller, \u003ci\u003eMurderland\u003c\/i\u003e transcends true-crime voyeurism and noir mythology, taking readers on a profound quest into the dark heart of the real American berserk.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I highly recommend it' \u003c\/b\u003eR. F. KUANG, author of \u003ci\u003eKATABASIS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathlessly propulsive\u003c\/b\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e Fraser's prose is lyrical, elegiac' \u003c\/b\u003eJOYCE CAROL OATES, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinarily well-written and genre-defying\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ea moody masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful plea'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling, beautifully written \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eat heart, a cry of outrage'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully propulsive and hard to put down\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eATLANTIC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brooding and often brave' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Not to be missed' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Sharp, incandescent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSEATTLE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA great writer can make art of the most grotesque material, and Fraser does' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47857132404894,"sku":"ADS-9780349127538","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349127538.jpg?v=1781481623","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349127538","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}