Sebastian Junger really knows how to tell a story. The author of The Perfect Storm once again provides strong narrative drive in this nonfiction account of the Boston Strangler murders in Boston in the early ’60s. He has an odd connection to the tale in that a man who may have been the real Strangler briefly worked as a handyman for his family.

The story flashes between several venues, including a Boston courtroom and the prison life of a man who Junger suggests was wrongly convicted of a Strangler-like murder. The book isn’t quite at the level of Perfect Storm – it feels less immediate, even though, like Perfect Storm, it’s a story of life or death. But it’s a highly enjoyable read nonetheless.