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  • Thomas Quick: The Making of a Serial Killer

  • By: Hannes Råstam
  • Narrated by: Peter Noble
  • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (50 ratings)
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By: Hannes Råstam
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Summary

In 1992, in a psychiatric hospital, Thomas Quick confessed to the murder of a missing eleven-year-old boy. Over the next nine years, Quick confessed to more than thirty unsolved murders.

Hannes Råstam, an investigative journalist, became obsessed with Quick's case and studied the investigations in forensic detail. In 2008, Råstam met Thomas Quick in prison, with one question to ask. And the answer turned out to be far more terrifying than the man himself…

Hannes Råstam was an award-winning investigative journalist in Sweden. After a struggle with cancer, Råstam passed away while finishing this book, his account of the largest judicial scandal in Scandianvian history.

©2012 Hannes Råstam (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

”Sweden's most suspenseful murder mystery may not be a fictional account from Stieg Larsson or Henning Mankell. It may end up being the true story of Thomas Quick.” (The Wall Street Journal)

"A real-life Scandinavian crime novel" ( Observer)

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Faith up against facts

This is the story of how one man can undergo eight separate murder trials, be found guilty in all cases and yet be completely innocent. The premise of the story sounds as fictitious as the case against Thomas Quick but this is a true account of recent and frankly scandalous events in Sweden. It is only through the dogged determination of Hannes Rastam that the Swedish authorities finally owned up to this massive failure in their criminal justice system.
This should be judged as a masterwork in investigative journalism. Hannes Rastam took massive risks at the very least to his own reputation and the accounts of his confrontations with those in authority make uncomfortable listening. The world lost a good man when he died tragically on completion of this book.
This book is a massive tribute to the few dissenting people involved in the investigations and the relatives who wanted proper justice for the murder victims. It will make uncomfortable reading for those who think there is no smoke without fire and wish for the return of the death penalty.

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Excellent

Well written well read. An amazing true story of a miscarriage of justice bought to light by one determined journalist .
The narration is good too, a voice I could listen to all day.

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What a story - what a weird man ...

Long and detailed but fascinating. A story that expands your comprehension of the oddity of human-kind. Worth a listen ...

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Superb true crime I'd never heard about!

What made the experience of listening to Thomas Quick: The Making of a Serial Killer the most enjoyable?

The story, fascinating true story about how the media, the public and the courts were all fooled into thinking a troubled liar was a serial killer of huge proportions.

What did you like best about this story?

How well the evidence was compiled and presented, and how it was not a story I knew anything about!

Have you listened to any of Peter Noble’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I haven't but I would again.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The true story of the serial killer that never was...

Any additional comments?

Highly recommend to any true crime lovers, or anyone interested in a superb journalists investigation into the truth behind this supposed serial killer.

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Shocking but Fascinating

This is a very good book but quite shocking. An easy listen and a fascinating one well read.

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I have always thought that Sweden would have an enlightened justice and mental health system but this book catalogues an appalling list of mistakes, incompetencies, neglect and what can only really been seen as outright corruption on the part of several people who if there is any justice should be prosecuted.

If it wasn't so serious it could almost be the plot of comedy film - the protagonist making absurd claims without proof to impress his shrink and accidentally ending up convincing the police and becoming a convicted serial killer.

If it wasn't true it would seem completely implausible.

At moments Quick reminded me of a fake psychic - going from place to place making vague statements while those around him seek desperately to connect it to the actual facts.

I sincerely hope that the psychologists/psychiatrists involved who deluded themselves in regard to their work and "progress" with Quick think about how and why all this began and then continued - and take a good long look at their actions and theories and the type of behaviour they instilled and reinforced.

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Interminable

As a story, fascinating. As a book, interminable. The author seems determined to wring every last word from the subject, but good editing would have reorganised the structure of the book, removed the endless repetitions and halved the length. The excellent Peter Noble stoically sticks to his task, but even he sounded dispirited by half way through.

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Utterly boring

Very repetitive and dull; I struggled to finish it. Don't waste your time and money, just watch any of the numerous documentaries on Thomas Quick instead

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