Jack Flynn is a newspaper reporter who wakes up one morning to find his world turned upside down. On this particular day, he's to marry Maggie Kane in a civil ceremony and leave for his Hawaiian honeymoon. However, he's besieged with second thoughts and tries to find a way to cancel the wedding plans.

Instead, fate intervenes and Maggie backs out on him at the last minute. Then the Boston Strangler, who was supposedly killed in prison, commits a new murder after a decades-long hiatus and picks Jack to correspond with regarding his crimes. Needless to say, Jack's wedding day did not turn out as planned.

Jack's life continues to unravel as someone tries to kill him, more women are found dead and more correspondence from the killer is sent to him. Navigating newspaper politics, a police force with its own secrets, and a city on verge of panic makes STRANGLED a bona fide page-turner.

Brian McGrory tells the tale at a quick pace in a down-to-earth tone that allows the reader to be thoroughly entertained and not have to do much work to take it all in. His words roll off the page in a logical and easy-to-digest way that makes this crime drama a thrill to read. McGrory clearly knows his craft.