She’ll do anything to write about the copycat murderer on the loose. While the detectives return to tracing the killer’s trail, Sammie is looking for a way back to journalism from her current job selling makeup at the mall. They’re far from exemplary themselves Hoskins is prone to violent outbursts that have him demoted at the precinct, and temper aside, Loren is a little too obsessed with Seever, he even dresses like him. The detectives Hoskins and Loren exchanged some of my favourite dialogues, they were an interesting pair to watch at work. If you’ve ever wondered about the wives of serial killers (many real life serial killers have been known to be in stable relationships in their killing years), then Gloria is reason enough to pick up this brilliant crime fiction. Years after the case wrapped up, people still question whether Gloria, Seever’s wife, knew about the victims and decided to turn a blind eye to her husband’s evil activities.

These four are arguably Seever’s biggest victims. In the light of the renewed interest in the case, WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW explores multi-dimensional characters who are most affected by the Seever investigation: his wife Gloria, detectives Hoskins and Loren, and Sammie, the journalist whose career picked off because of Seever. Seven years after he’s put on death row, the murders start again, in signature Seever style. He’s also the man who raped and killed 33 people and buried them in the crawl space of his house. Jacky Seever is a community do-gooder and a restauranteur who likes to entertain and amuse kids by dressing up like a clown (nothing evil about that). The novel picks up where most crime fiction novels end – after the chase is over and the killer is behind bars, and this makes WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW an intriguing as hell read. WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW by JoAnn Chaney was one of those books I knew I absolutely had to read after checking out the blurb.

What You Don't Know by JoAnn Chaney