Article printed this week in the Franklin Favorite
'Cold Serial,' a solid crime mystery
BY MEGAN PURAZRANG REPORTER.FRANKLINFAVORITE.COM | Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2015 12:00 am
Within nine years of the early 1900s, five brutal crimes took place in the city of Dayton, Ohio. In a time where police work was not backed up by technological proof, the murders remained unsolved leaving a killer on the loose.
Brian Forschner's "Cold Serial" is a well researched and intriguing take on what really happened during those years.
The true crime genre is vivid and chilling when told from the right perspective. Forschner uses language to bring the reader into each setting, conversation and into the trickery of a time when women struggled with social and political placement.
The story takes the reader through newspaper clippings, autopsies, death certificates and media information recounting the trials to recreate pieces to an unsolved puzzle.
Forschner is a natural storyteller who uses mere fact, diligent research and a passion to find the truth to resurrect this cold case that he may have solved.
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