Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher 3-volume Box Set packs a wallop. This five-hundred-thirty-six-thousand-plus word splatter tome is not for the weak of belly.

Cecil Omar Biggs plays the role of a preacher of his own church by day, while trawling alleys and strip joints in Hollywood and San Fernando Valley in search of potential vics to abduct and haul back to his dungeon of depravity when the sun goes down.

Furthermore, this slayer does not give a damn if you're young, old or??even dead already. He does not give a rat's behind if you're male or female or what race you happen to be??so long as he can get his implements of torture on you and make you suffer and plead, beg, and howl for mercy.

Not that readers and/or fans of visceral horror should require additional hints, what we got here . . . is hardcore splatter at its nastiest.

For anyone who appreciates skilled thriller authors like Thomas Harris, Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum and Shirley Jackson, et al.