The Pied Piper (Bloodlands Collection)

This is the third book in the Bloodlands Collection by this author that I have read. The other two are The Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie and The pirate. This story strikes a chord with me, as I seem to remember bits and pieces of this story when I was a youngster. As far as the quality, and the flow, in the writing, I found this to be smoother than The Little Slaughterhouse, but got confused in a couple of places and had to go back and re-check what I thought I knew. BLUSH FACTOR No worries here. You can feel free to read this aloud to your prayer group or any kin you desire. Of course, since it does deal with murder, you might still exercise some caution, but not for language, sex, or graphic violence, etc. Rather than post an excerpt here, if a sample of this authors writing is preferred, please click on the links below to two other books in this series. If you look for my reviews of them, you will be able to get a glimpse into Sheckters style of presentation. This link is for The Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie – Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie (Bloodlands collection) This link is for The Pirate – The Pirate (Bloodlands collection) BOTTOM LINE After reading the first two, I decided to purchase the entire six, including the audio editions. The Pied Piper reinforces my opinion that I made the right decision. A solid four stars. Will you help me? I hope and trust that this review has helped you. Did I answer most of your questions and concerns? I encourage you to click the appropriate button [helpful or not helpful] below. Also, leave a comment below. Doing so helps me provide reviews that work better for you. I am writing a book for aspiring reviewers and for product suppliers seeking reviews in an effort to help improve the process and to understand the value of Amazons Customer Review process. I hope to incorporate many of the received comments, with attribution to those making the suggestions, into my books. Together, you and I can build a great customer review process that helps everybody. Will you join me? It is people such as you who have helped me improve over the years. I\’m still learning, and I have a great deal yet to learn. With your help, I\’ll improve every day. One request: Be respectful and courteous in your comments and emails to me. I will do likewise with you. Thank you so much.

First let me say that I did not at all pay attention to much else on the synopsis page other than the actual synopsis. So I totally missed the \”This book can be read on any device, including Kindle E-readers. It may include art, animation, or video features that can be viewed on certain Fire tablets and the free Kindle app for iOS and Android…\” The video animation was a great addition to open up the story. I had heard of this serial killer before, but only because there was a story about him on the ID Channel a few years ago. I didn\’t do much follow up research after the show, therefore I learned a lot that I didn\’t already know, about Schmid, the victims, and the accomplices. There were also good photos included. If you\’ve never heard of this guy before, this would tell you pretty much everything you need to know. The only things I felt were missing were photos of John Saunders and Mary French; there are some easily found on the internet. Bottom line: Schmid was a 100% nut job through and through. He was like the mini Charles Manson in how he was able to attract so many followers willing to do pretty much whatever he asked, which is disturbing in itself.

This is another excellent chapter in the Bloodlands series. The Pied Piper recounts a series of murders by a psychopath from Arizona. A riveting read and superb listen, it paints a portrait of restless teens led astray and manipulated into trouble. At one time 30 people knew that some of the missing girls were dead and said nothing to authorities about it. Even after the killer was caught and unfortunately spared the death penalty he so richly deserved, he made friends with a professor of poetry. The professor began a thirty year program working with inmates. Killer Schmidt was brutally assaulted and ultimately died of his wounds. Only the killer\’s mother and the instructor mourned him. I find it distressing that the professor became such good friends with this fiend. A thrilling read and another superb narrative performance by Steven Weber.

I choose a five-star rating because the author is well versed and has a wealth of knowledge about crime regardless of the need!!!!!! I would recommend this book to anyone especially the younger ones because they can learn alot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book was good. I like his other books that hes written better. This one seemed like it was lacking something.

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