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NIGHT STALKER BOOK REVIEWS "Carlo has given us an astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood."
"We've all read novelists and true crime writers who try to put you inside-the-mind-of-the-serial-killer, but I can't remember one that succeeded with the physical and psychological intimacy of this collaboration between the writer and the killer himself."
"An exceptionally well-told true crime tale."
"Phil Carlo paints a disturbing portrait of cold-blooded killer, Richard Ramirez. In the true crime tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song, Carlo compellingly tells the ghastly story from numerous points of view, including those of Ramirez and two ingenious sheriff's detectives who finally cracked the case."
"…This book will provide true crime readers chilling inside perspective of a serial killer."
"Carlo's book is filled with never-known-before details. He did his homework and wrote a very compelling true crime tale."
"This is the definitive book on America's most feared serial killer. The writing is so intimate, you actually feel like a voyeur reading this book. A must read that will return you to the time when no one could sleep in Los Angeles because of the Stalker. A real page turner."
"I stayed up until 3:00 a.m. because I couldn't put the book down. Quite a compelling read. The amount of details is truly amazing."
"Absorbing…detailed, Phil Carlo allows the killer's grotesque acts to be squarely view."
"Carlo's book is a chilling, painstakingly researched account of the summer that kept residents of the San Gabriel Valley and later the entire state, captive behind closed doors and windows in fear. I read the book twice I was so taken by it."
"A hell of a tale."
"For sure one of the best true crime books ever written. A real page turner."
"I couldn't put the book down. The details are amazing, told from many points of view; very scary indeed."
"The best book on murder I've ever read."
"A true crime masterpiece. Carlo vividly brings to life one of this century's most brutal kinds of predator. A must read!"
READER REVIEWS FROM AMAZON.COM "This book was very well written—factual, eloquent, thorough, detailed, objective. The writer takes you from beginning to end of this vicious, evil and heartrending account of a serial killer's trail. This book will give you goose bumps especially if you live in the LA basin, even now. It's a "hit home hard" story that will give you lumps in your throat at the obvious disregard this killer had for his victims. His allegiance to the devil incited my hunger to increase my awareness of and find out more about devil-worshipers and their love for Satan. It will make you check your doors and windows twice before going to bed at night."
"...the single best true-crime non-fiction I've ever read. Philip Carlo did a truly awesome job of researching this book, and though his accounting of the crimes is painstaking, it never, ever gets tedious or boring. Carlo did an incredible job of getting into the mind of the killer, his background, everything true crime non-fiction usually leaves out, to the reader's usual dissatisfaction. His accounting of the crimes was stunning, in that the reader finds his/herself "right there," and can relate so well to the victims that the reader feels, sees, hears what they saw....including terror. At the same time, Carlo uses absolutely no gratuitous material, which he could easily do. He fully describes, in enormous and graphic detail, crimes that were, in themselves, graphic, bloody, sexually violent, and horrifying, without ever once crossing the line into gratuitous "stuff." Another reviewer said that Carlo lets the crimes speak for themselves, and that's really true...he doesn't need to embelish these crimes, and he doesn't. This is really a mesmerizing and engaging book. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in forensics or true crime."
"Carlo did an excellent job capturing Ramirez's thoughts during his rampage of hate and violence. I felt the fear he put into L.A. I make sure my doors AND windows are locked. But never did I feel sorry for the killer, the victims yes. So many true crime books are poorly written. Great job Carlo."
"'The Night Stalker: The Life And Crimes Of Richard Ramirez'" Is Simply One If Not The Greatest Book I Have Ever Read. As Said, It Grips You From Begging To End, Its Like A Sick Roller Coaster, You Hate What He's Doing And Going On, But Then You Cant Help But Feel Sorry For Him, His Childhood, The Way He Grew Up, His Influences, His Enviroment, You Have To Factor Everything In To See What Makes Him Tick, Again This Book Is Pure Genius, Described Very Well, And Just Simply One Of The Best Books About Someone Besides A Biography."
"Unbelievable!! This book will grip you from beginning to end. Definitely a quick read. The author has written in a way that makes you feel like you actually know the killer and his victims. You will find yourself becoming (unbelievably) emotional about the killer. At times you want to hate him, then in the next page you find yourself feeling so sorry for this poor guy that you just want to cry for him—which I did several times. I especially enjoyed reading this book because it didn't get hung up in hundreds of pages of technical jargon that's hard to follow like a lot of true crime books out there—it reads like a spine tingling novel—hard to believe it's all real!! You have got to read this book! I now find myself wondering what happened to Richard and what he's doing today—it really grips you that tightly! WOW."
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