Eyes of a Monster

A Detective's Relentless Pursuit of a Serial Killer

By: Ron Peterson Jr.

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia, apartment in 1981. Her killer left few clues and the murder went unsolved.

Three decades later, in 2011, next-generation detective Randy Mayer re-opened Olivia's dusty cold case file and began unraveling the mystery. Mayer located a reluctant witness who was a teenager back in 1981. She recalled a suspicious man lurking outside Olivia's apartment the morning of the murder and provided a detailed description of the man.

Detective Mayer then researched hundreds of old cases, hunting for a person who fit the description and used a similar MO. He identified a prime suspect, a Smithfield Foods employee, by then in his 60s, previously convicted of several brutal sexual assaults. Digging further, Mayer linked him to two other unsolved Hampton homicides. Was this man a serial killer?

Mayer enlisted the help of FBI agent Liza Ludovico and special prosecutor Phil Figura. Could the team uncover enough evidence to bring Olivia's murderer to justice? Could the witness from 1981 identify him? And would a jury convict in a cold case based entirely on circumstantial evidence?

©2021 Ron Peterson, Jr. (P)2022 Tantor

A riveting, well paced true crime story

This one was well written and presented. I was really rooting for the victim’s justice, the crime was horrific. It’s well paced, not too long or drawn out. I recommend this audiobook.

Really kept me interested

This was a really well written book. It seems A LOT of research was done. Love the narrator. He's my favorite!

could not get into it!

this was well written, but the narrator was monotonous and stiff. I appreciated that the author didn't weigh the book down with extraneous material (like that the great great grandfather of the sister of the judges wife once ate a lemon). but I still couldn't really get into it

Killer Instinct

This is a moderately interesting account of a serial killer who manages to duck and weave his way through the justice system for decades. There is considerable repetition in the telling of the sordid tale, but not as much as in many other Audible offerings.

Narrator Kyle Tait does an ok job, except for his tendency to run through periods and jam up words from previous sentences into the next. Very confusing at times.

Cold Case-Eyes you will never forget

Ron does such an excellent job describing what ultimately came to the conviction of a murder that happened over 40 years ago. I have read all four of his books and I cannot wait to read the Runaway Groom.