
THE LONG SHADOW OF KATY'S KILLER will be published February 17, 2025, by Chestnut Heights Publishing as a paperback and eBook. This is a sequel that updates readers on two dramatic parole hearings and other developments since 2021 when I wrote the true-crime book A STRANGER KILLED KATY. Read my blog post for details about the book and information on how to order a copy.
In writing the true crime book A STRANGER KILLED KATY, I began by collecting, organizing and studying thousands of pages from court files, police and prison records, parole transcripts and other official documents – as well as hundreds of news clippings – to help reconstruct the events before, during and after the 1986 murder of Katy Hawelka. Read more about my chase of original source materials in this blog post.
