Review: Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer by David Reichert

Title: Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer
Author: David Reichert
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: July 28, 2004
Edition: Hardcover (320 pages)

Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer by David Reichert

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


When Officer David Reichert was called away from his daughter's Birthday celebration, he had no way to know that it would begin a more than twenty-year hunt for the Green River Killer, Gary Leon Ridgway. This investigation had an impact on so many lives and families, and the author shares much of that with the reader, as he explains the ups and downs of the investigation, and the devastating consequences of the actions of this serial killer.

This book gave me an even greater appreciation for the sacrifices made by law enforcement personnel and their families. It was a difficult read, in some ways, because of the subject matter and the physical descriptions of what these murder victims suffered. It is amazing that the members of the Green River Task Force never gave up their pursuit of this murderer. They were relentless and dogged in their determination to solve these horrific crimes and bring the killer to justice.