This is a teaser for his book where he presumably finishes the story. I will read it when my queue is shorter. It already has a nine week wait list at my local library.
> An exclusive excerpt from Skip Hollandsworth’s new book, She Kills.
So I imagine it's an actual book chapter from the book (probably the first chapter), rather than a teaser to be continued: the ending here seems like a conclusion (“Finally, I sighed, put the car into drive, and made my way back down the hill. The story that had launched my lifelong obsession, I realized, was one I might never be able to tell.”)
"I've thought long and hard about the Texas problem", as John Steinbeck says.
One of the biggest mysteries to me is how a place that somehow prides itself on anti-intellectualism has the Texas Monthly, an enduring source of really interesting writing.
My country has a law which says that rape and murder will not be punished if the perpetrator has managed to evade getting caught for 20 years. Recently, a case which involved both offenses passed the 20 years mark.
So I can totally imagine somebody bragging about crimes he has committed 20+ years ago, especially on the internet where reasonable anonymity can be achieved quite easily.
Same here, I imagined some remorseful ex-killer confessing some dark deed from way back in their youth. I guess it's related, but not quite the same thing. Good story though.
