Blood Trail

Now updated with a new afterword, the classic true crime thriller by journalist Steven Walker and veteran police detective Rick Reed exploring the grisly crimes of a sadistic serial killer who dismembered his victims.

Joseph Weldon Brown confessed to more than a dozen murders across seven states. He was convicted and sentenced for killing a woman whose body he dismembered and scattered across three Indiana counties. In prison, he hogtied and strangled his cellmate, then asked the judge to lock him up for life because if he was released, he would continue killing.

Police detective Rick Reed was on the scene when Brown led authorities to the scattered remains of Ginger Gasaway in 2000. After Brown's arrest, he confessed to a shocking number of other heinous crimes--the torture and murders of drifters and sex workers, the cold case of a naked woman's body found in a roadside ditch, even the murder of his own mother. Detective Reed was the one man Brown opened up to--and the only one to cut through the deceptions and lies and learn the terrible truth . . .

In this newly updated edition, now-retired detective Reed reveals his personal theories and insights into one of the darkest minds he has ever encountered--and one of the most terrifying crime stories ever told . . .

Author: Steven Walker, Rick Reed
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 06/25/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780806544229

About the Author
Steven Walker is a writer and journalist with over 1,500 published credits. He founded the Lehigh Valley Writers Academy in 2001. A former reporter for the Morning Call newspaper, he is the author of the true-crime books Blood Trail and Predator as well as several novels.

Sergeant Rick Reed (Ret.) is a twenty-plus-year veteran police detective. During his career he successfully investigated numerous high-profile criminal cases. He has two master's degrees and, upon retiring from the police force, took a full-time teaching position with a community college. His popular Jack Murphy thriller series draws on his real-life experiences and insights. He lives near Nashville with his wife and two furry friends. Please visit him on Facebook, Goodreads, or at rickreedbooks.com.