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  • Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells

  • Written by: Diane Fanning
  • Narrated by: Thomas M. Hatting
  • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells

Written by: Diane Fanning
Narrated by: Thomas M. Hatting
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Publisher's Summary

Ten-year-old Krystal Surles watched as her best friend was murdered before the intruder slashed her throat with a 12-inch boning knife. Despite the odds, she survived and led authorities to 35-year-old Tommy Lynn Sells, a former truck driver, carnival worker, and drifter.

Through the Window includes his confession to the murder of 10-year-old Joel Kirkpatrick, playing a pivotal role in obtaining justice for wrongfully convicted Julie Rea.

Lock your windows and plunge into the dark mind of a serial killer as you follow his two-decade long, cross country trail of murder.

About the author: Diane Fanning is the author of the Edgar Award finalist Written in Blood: A True Story of Murder and a Deadly 16-Year-Old Secret That Tore a Family Apart. Her other works of true crime include the best seller Mommy's Little Girl, A Poisoned Passion, The Pastor's Wife, and Gone Forever. She is also the author of the Lucinda Pierce Mysteries: The Trophy Exchange, Punish the Deed, Mistaken Identity, Twisted Reason, and False Front. She has been featured on 48 Hours, 20/20, Court TV, the Today show and the Discovery Channel, and has been interviewed on dozens of radio stations coast to coast. Her books are sold throughout the English-speaking world, including the UK and Australia, and there are more than half a million copies in print. Before becoming a writer, Fanning worked in advertising, and she earned more than 70 Addy Awards.

©2003 Diane Fanning (P)2012 Diane Fanning

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Good book with poor audio execution.

The narration is awful. The guy has some sort of nasal issue that drove me up the wall. He also has a monotonous tone that somehow also has a vocal fry? Absolutely grating.

That voice really affected how I took in the information delivered. There are many chapters that can almost be described as a list of events. I mistook this originally with a poorly written story when in actuality it’s the delivery that messes it up.

If you want to learn about what happens when someone who likely had the capacity for a normal life as a kid but goes completely wrong through a series of awful choices and events then this is the book. TLS is an evil man, who did despicable things which are extremely hard to hear about, but I do believe he was helped down that path. He’s obviously an intelligent guy. I’m just grateful he wasn’t educated enough to get into politics.

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