Rent The Killer Within: In the Company of Monsters

Synopsis

In researching his acclaimed true-crime books, Philip Carlo has interviewed some of the most infamous criminals and killers of our times in prisons and on death rows throughout the country. He has been able to forge trusting relationships with his subjects, enabling him to extract the facts behind their monstrous acts and identify what motivated them to commit their horrific crimes.

Carlo's investigative achievements are remarkable, but what wasn't known to his readers is that, while working on The Ice Man, he learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal illness that causes all of the muscles in the body to atrophy over time. Suddenly, after years of penetrating the minds of killers, Carlo found himself being pursued by the grim reaper. But rather than lying down and succumbing to the disease, Carlo continued to work, and his books are still being published, to both critical and commercial acclaim.

In The Killer Within, Carlo documents his difficult experiences with ALS and explains how he has managed to continue writing prodigiously in the face of adversity. The Killer Within is a gripping, suspenseful page-turner that pulls the listener into the netherworld of Mafia bosses, Mafia hit men, and serial killers, as well as the hard realities of dealing with a fatal disease. PHILIP CARLO is the author of the bestselling books The Ice Man, Gaspipe, and The Butcher. He lives in New York City. Praise for Philip Carlo:
''The dean of true-crime horror writers and the sometime muse of Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro.'' --New York Times
''We've all read novelists and true crime writers who try to put you inside the mind of the serial killer, but I can't remember one that succeeded with the physical and psychological intimacy of this collaboration between the writer and the killer himself.'' New York Press

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