The author started with an interesting premise but spent more time detailing the crimes of certain serial killers than detailing evidence to support his premise (or to justify his conclusion). It felt like a literature review of serial killers rather than a serious inquest into why the 50s-00s were a heyday for American serial killers. The author also seems to have a derisive attitude toward other true crime writers, law enforcement, and especially VICAP, that was off-putting and several statements made me feel like this book was a bit self-indulgent on the part of the author. This was a book that would have been better as an article, if the article had kept to the main premise and provided strong evidence to support the general statements made about “golden age” serial killers.