A Clockwork Murder

The Night a Twisted Fantasy Became a Demented Reality

By: Steve Jackson

Narrated by: Kevin Pierce

They thought about their evil fantasy for months. Then wound up like clockwork toys...they acted.

In April 1997, pretty, 22-year-old Jacine Gielinski stopped her car at a red light in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had no idea that the two young men looking at her from the car next to hers would in that moment decide she would be their target for unspeakable horrors.

George Woldt and Lucas Salmon were an unlikely pair of best friends, much less killers. Woldt was a fast-talking, well-dressed ladies man who boasted of his sexual conquests. Salmon was deeply religious, and socially misfit, obsessed with losing his virginity.

Woldt was the leader, Salmon his willing follower, but neither had been in serious trouble with the law. However, inspired by the cult movie A Clockwork Orange, with its dystopian violence, they fantasized for months what it would be like to abduct, rape, torture, and murder a woman. Then, aroused by watching ultra-violent pornography, they decided to act upon their evil thoughts.

Revised and updated with a new afterword from the author, A Clockwork Murder recounts the steps that led to an unthinkable crime and its impact on a community, as well as the friends and especially the parents of an innocent young woman who paid with her life for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

©2017 Steve Jackson (P)2017 WildBlue Press

Heartbreaking but Wonderfully Told

This was exceptionally well written and excellently narrated. The story itself is so deeply sad, so completely unsettling that it is difficult to listen to at times but Steve Jackson told the story wonderfully and Kevin Pierce does a wonderful job narrating.

This is a must listen/read for anyone who enjoys true crime. I'll be looking for more from both the author and the narrator.


I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audio book by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Good book great epilogue!

Steve Jackson’s epilogue is a must read. Terrible murders, terrible defendants. Very good true crime. Excellent narration.

What true crime is about

Jackson does an awesome job of bringing this story to us. I will listen to anything that Kevin Pierce narrates. He's very good & just an easy listening voice. Frustration with the justice system & the fact that these 2 "men" did not actually both die, but at least they cannot hurt anyone else. The story is gruesome, but I found that I couldn't wait to listen after a pause. Great book.

Great Narrative

Steve Jackson is a great True crime writer. Doesn’t go over the top in making the crimes he writes about gratuitous.

Can't get past the authors epilogue

What did you like best about A Clockwork Murder? What did you like least?

The story is fascinating and the writing was even tolerable, despite the author's need to repeat every detail time and time again. I could deal with that, but when I got to the epilogue and tried to listen to the author defend himself against his online reviewers I had to shut it off. I won't be purchasing anymore Steve Jackson books.