Love Letters to a Serial Killer
By: Tasha Coryell
Genre: Thriller
Number of Pages: 320
Published: June 25, 2024
Publisher: Berkley
Dates Read: July 25, 2024 - July 30, 2024
Format: ARC / Paperback

Not happy where she’s at currently in life, thirty-something-year-old Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that’s on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After a handsome lawyer, William, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing to him – a perfect outlet for her pent-up rage and frustration. But then William writes back.

Hannah’s interest in the case turns to obsession and she ends up losing her job. With nothing keeping her where she’s at, Hannah drives down to Atlanta to attend the trail. There, she meets other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is found murdered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty. As soon as he’s released, William calls upon Hannah and the two of them quickly fall into a normal, domestic routine. Well, as normal as one can be while still secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

The entire time reading this, I kept thinking of the fact that Hannah was mentally unwell and she needed loads of therapy. I honestly kept reading to just see what she got herself into and how she would “justify” it. I also had pinpointed it to two characters pretty early on, and then narrowed it down to one shortly after.

I don’t know if I could tell you exactly why I kept reading this book, especially since I figured it out pretty early on. But in all honesty, I think it was the trainwreck that was Hannah. As much as she annoyed the crap out of me with her decisions (seriously, she gets fired from her job and then goes to the trail of the reason she got fired), I couldn’t help but to keep turning the pages.

I feel like there may be quite a few people that are turned off by Hannah, so this won’t be for everybody. But I enjoyed it and will be keeping the ARC of it on my shelf.

*Thank you Berkley and NewGalley for an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review