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Great News Town, a mystery/thriller about a fictional Illinois town that is terrorized by a serial killer, opens on June 26, 1984. So on June 26, 2012, a free, serialized version of the book was launched on this Web site. Weekly installments are posted on Thursdays. Check back often.

Chi-town meets Great News Town

This weekend the Windy City welcomes the return of the book that  spawned this serial killer serial. Great News Town will be featured at the Printers Row Literary Festival, one of the largest book festivals in the country. The story began in the Chicago suburbs back in the 1980s with a series of murders in Joliet. From 2-6 p.m. Sunday, author Sue Merrell will be signing copies of Great News Town and One Shoe Off in a tent sponsored by the Chicago Writers Association.If you stop by, be sure to say you read about it on GNT: The Serial Killer Serial.