{"product_id":"hello-charlie-letters-from-a-serial-killer-paperback","title":"Hello Charlie: Letters from a Serial Killer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Hess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavin Seay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado Springs had ever seen. It was legendary homicide detective Lou Smit who finally broke the case, sending Robert Charles Browne, a forty-three-year-old Louisiana drifter and career criminal, to prison for life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the savage saga of Robert Browne did not end there. In 2000, Smit, now retired, joined forces with Charlie Hess, an ex-FBI agent and former CIA operative, to reexamine the cold-case murder files of the local Sheriff's Department. With the addition of amateur forensics buff Scott Fischer, the Apple Dumpling Gang was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As their volunteer work continued, Smit, Hess, and Fischer came upon a taunting letter written by Browne, hinting that the death of Heather Church was only the tip of the iceberg. What other law enforcement officials had simply ignored, the Apple Dumpling Gang took on with single-minded determination. Charlie Hess began a correspondence with Browne in which, over the course of dozens of letters, the killer teasingly spun out the details of a horrific killing spree spread over thirty years and nine states. The tally, according to Browne: forty-nine deaths, making him one of the most prolific serial murderers in the annals of American crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hess's unique insight into criminal psychology, honed over his years developing informants and working as a polygraph operator, made him uniquely suited to match wits with the cagey and canny killer. But Browne was every bit the retired cop's equal: quickwitted, mercurial, and charismatic, with a penchant for riddles and a lifetime full of grisly secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A riveting account of the complex and chilling cat-and-mouse game Hess and Browne played over five years, \u003ci\u003eHello Charlie\u003c\/i\u003e details Browne's bloody swath of murder -- by strangulation, poisoning, and dismemberment -- even as it explores the special bond forged between the cop and the killer, allowing Hess unprecedented access into the mind of a remorseless psychopath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As compulsively readable as any crime novel, \u003ci\u003eHello Charlie\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs\u003c\/i\u003e left off, with the incredible true story of one man's search for justice with a murderer as his guide.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlie Hess\u003c\/b\u003e joined the FBI in 1952 and was subsequently recruited by the CIA to work on the supersecret Phoenix Program in Vietnam. In the 1990s, he moved to Colorado Springs and volunteered his services to the El Paso County Sheriff's Department. It was there he began his relationship with Robert C. Browne, and where he currently lives with his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavin Seay is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWith God on Our Side\u003c\/i\u003e and Al Green's memoir, \u003ci\u003eTake Me to the River\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 339\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183294202105,"sku":"9781416544869","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eGJTaElkWHptb0dtbDBkTEpkbWMydz09.webp?v=1767769579","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hello-charlie-letters-from-a-serial-killer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}