American Predator

The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

De: Maureen Callahan

Narrado por: Amy Landon

Instant New York Times Best Seller
An Amazon “Best Book of 2019”
A Washington Post "10 Books to Read in July"
A Los Angeles Times “Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading”
A USA Today “20 of the Season’s Hottest New Books”
A New York Post “25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now”

"Maureen Callahan's deft reporting and stylish writing have created one of the all-time-great serial-killer books: sensitive, chilling, and completely impossible to put down." (Ada Calhoun, author of St. Marks Is Dead)

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Described by a prosecutor as "a force of pure evil", Keyes was a predator who struck all over the United States. He buried "kill kits" - cash, weapons, and body-disposal tools - in remote locations across the country. Over the course of 14 years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to use his kits. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in mere hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, reliable construction worker devoted to his only daughter.

When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected by law enforcement for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her for the next several years - uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist. A killer who left a path of monstrous, randomly committed crimes in his wake - many of which remain unsolved to this day.

American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.

©2019 Maureen Callahan (P)2019 Penguin Audio

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“A deep dive into the twisted life of Israel Keyes, ‘a new kind of monster’.... Serial killers often commit their crimes close to home, inside a comfort zone, but as the author documents throughout this compelling narrative, little about Keyes fit the conventional serial-killer mold...[Callahan] offers fascinating context about law enforcement investigative techniques and revelations about how a murderer can strike again and again without being detected for more than a decade.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“American Predator is the scariest book I’ve ever read. No exaggeration - the book you hold is bone-chilling. Maureen Callahan explores the black heart of a new kind of American monster - a serial killer that confounded our most elite criminal profilers - and the race-against-time investigation to follow. This is the work of a journalist in her prime, telling you the story the FBI doesn’t want you to hear and delivering an unforgettable tale of evil that will haunt you. Mark my words: This modern true crime classic will stand with the likes of Jeff Guinn’s Manson, Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me, and Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.” (Susannah Cahalan, New York Times best-selling author of Brain on Fire)

“Investigative journalist Callahan provides a chilling true-crime narrative in this detailed study of Israel Keyes, whom she describes as ‘a new kind of monster, likely responsible for the greatest string of unsolved disappearances and murders in modern American history.’... Through Callahan’s access to many of the key players in law enforcement, she has produced the definitive account of a terrifying psychopath.” (Publishers Weekly)

Captivating and chilling

The most evil person you’ve never heard of. How many more just like him are stalking innocent people right now?

Great story, terrible narration

The story was well written, clear and precise in content. But the narration was awful; not to mean that Amy Landon read terribly; her reading was done as expected. But her attempts at changing voices from male & back to female were awfully distracting. Male voices were supposed to be lower but they sounded guttural and, just awkward. So distracting was the attempt at sounding like a man that Were it nit for the need to hear the story I would have returned the book!

Landon would have done a better job if she just read through & not tried to change her voice at all. It was the writer’s story that was good, narration was disastrous.

no other serial killer compares to this man

Keyes is the truest form of serial killer I've ever read about. Scary, very scary

Interesting details, interesting story

I really liked the first two-thirds of this story, but I just couldn't wrap my head around why he talked to the district attorney at all, especially with the way the author makes the DA sound like a moron. Was this serial killer offered something to give-up the only information that could convict him, and I missed it when my earbuds fell out? That key piece bothered me so much I spent the next third of the story waiting for the explanation that never arrived.

Wow!

I had never heard of Israel Keys, now I will never be able to forget him...Absolutely chilling.

Narrator voice great but computer-like at times

No spoilers! Thought this story was well done. Not sure how, but I’ve not heard much about this particular Serial killer until now. If you’re interested in understand how the psychology of these types of people works this is the book for you. If you sicken easily it isn’t.

Loved the Narrators voice. It was part of the reason I was interested to hear this particular story. That being said at times they seem to speed up her narration and it sounds like a computer ready lines in a ‘human’ voice. No idea why this is but it is slightly distracting at times. I wouldn’t let it hold you back from listening to this audible as it def didn’t break my focus that much. Just seemed funny and weird at times.

All in all great story, albeit depressing and sick as most true crimes stories are.

Absolutely great book!!! Classic

This author tells the story of the victims, the investigators and how the investigation unfolded in a way that I honestly had a hard time stopping the book for the night. It’s that good. The narration is well done too. Excellent book! A+++!

How did I miss this guy?

Crazy that this happened in the 2000s. Ignore complaints about the narrator, she is just fine.

The best account of Israel Keyes that I’ve heard

You would be hard-pressed to find more details about Israel Keyes than this book. I found the description of each character’s personality to be intriguing and found it really hard to stop listening to the point that I was highly disappointed when I completed the book. The story teller did a fantastic job relaying the message of this book and although I know it is part of the draw to do imitations, some of hers were somewhat off putting. Also a few mispronunciations on her part were interesting to hear but overall a fantastic job on her part

Is Siri reading this?!

I haven't finished the book yet, but the readers voice is very robotic. it sounds like Siri is reading to me. it's very annoying.