Judges’ comments

A disturbing and heartfelt account of the epidemic of serial-killer cases around Seattle in the late 20th century and how it was connected to the prevalence of heavy industry in the area. Fraser, who grew up there, argues that the abundance of arsenic, cadmium, lead etc. in the air and soil almost certainly contributed to the deranged psychology of notorious killers like Ted Bundy. A telling mixture of memoir, true crime, science and polemic