“A fascinating tale, and there’s stacks of authentic Yank history here to feast on too.” —Weekend Sport “On the subject of dark crime in its many manifestations, Schechter is a writer worth getting to know.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “In a biography that is peppered with stories of the various characters and other acts of cannibalism, author Harold Schechter tells the tale of Packer, an epileptic, with excerpts from court records.” —The Denver Post “Schechter writes in a highly engaging, well-paced style…offering so many intriguing nuggets to structure his tales that even readers who think they already know this story (like me) will come away enriched.” —Psychology Today “Schechter relies on primary research and recent examinations into the exhumed bodies of Packer’s five victims to answer the question that has lingered for over a century: Was Packer truly a monster or merely a victim of his circumstances?” —New York Post “Detailed and carefully researched…[a] fascinating tale.” —i09 True Crime