Sunset Murders

by Louise Farr

Book Overview

The Sunset Murders dominated the Los Angeles headlines when the case broke in 1980. Young, beautiful, blonde runaways and prostitutes were turning up dead--their bodies violently assaulted by a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067170088X
• ISBN13: 9780671700881
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

sexual obsession and murder

i think to most people of the world..douglas clark is a normal looking man...no handsome gigalo or anything like that...so he must have had the gift of a silver tongue,he seemed to be able to charm the birds from the tree`s and woman to become obsessed with him,physically and mentally. within this book it talks of clark living with or just staying with a numerous amount of women,some he converted to just live with him,some to be sex objects for him and one to..help him fulfill his ultimate fantasy...murder.the author holds no punches as clark picks up and has his way with young girls,who had turned to prostitution...at times gruesome and shocking but rivetting stuff...if you like serial killing books.get this..

Sunset Murders

Great book, very easy read. Unlike most "true crime" novels the author includes interesting background information on the criminals, victims and the people who put them away. What a couple of wackos those two were (are). Best lines include: murderer Carol Bundy: "Your treating me like a criminal". Victim's wife to Geraldo:"she would like Doug to go to the electric chair with Carol Bundy on his lap."

EXCELLENT

The Sunset Murders is an absolutely gripping story, very well written, and as far as I know the only book written about this case (to date).At the center of the story is Carol Bundy, 37, on first glance appearing to be a typical Valley wife and mother of two small boys. Who leaves her abusive husband Grant, and moves into the seedy Valerio Gardens Complex. The manager, Jack Murray, a native Australian is also a lounge singer nicknamed the "Australian Cowboy" married with two children. His wife, Jeanette, is a beautiful, slim, leggy blond (and an ex-marine!). Carol on the other hand is rather plump & "matronly", with a large front, cropped mousy brown limp hair, and glasses with thick lenses, her doctor told her she's going blind.Carol comes from a horrendous childhood, suffering abuse from both parents. The worst from her father. She has a very needy, clingy personality, and likes to be dominated by men.After she moves into the complex, she latches onto Jack, saying she was sorry he was married, to which he responded "that's okay, I fool around." Jack, according to his friends was "an *sshole..but a likeable *sshole." He's a womanizer and seems to have an insatiable sexual appetite, and often told tall tales, mostly to impress women.The only good things he did for Carol, was to suggest she get another opinion about her eyes, the doctors revealed her sight could be restored with sugery. And he told her to contact a lawyer to get her share of the house where she lived with her husband (he was selling it), which she did, an amount of: $25,000. With which she bought gifts for Jack, that he happily accepted.But another man would enter Carol's life, a man much more dangerous and sinister than Jack. His name was Doug Clark, 32, she met him at a club that Jack frequented in North Hollywood called "The Little Nashville Club" . Doug was charming, slim and handsome with golden blond hair & blue eyes. And a hypnotic, soft voice. But he was also a cold blooded killer. He would introduce Carol to a world of sexual obsession and serial murder, where she would be his unlikely accomplice. And later she would commit murder of her own.Later unable to fulfill Doug (and Jack), who by and by didn't want to sleep with Carol anymore, citing that she was "underwhelmingly attractive" she brought her 11 year old neighbor Theresa to meet him. Doug was enraptured with Theresa, a particulary spunky precocious little blond girl. Who neighbors would joke with by saying "You're 11 going on 40". Doug seemed to put her on a pedestal, lavishing her with gifts and they would often go cruising together! Later Carol actually went to a couselor with Theresa, to whom she revealed Theresa & Doug's relationship. The counselor asked Theresa if it bothered her, to which she replied "not really". So he told Carol if it didn't bother Theresa, then it wasn't his place to moralize!And this is just a taste, there's so much more!------------------------------------The Sunset Murders is a f

Great research, but I wonder....

The book "The Sunset Murders" is certainly well-detailed and fact based. I applaud Farr for her eyes and ears used to bring this twisted story to life, and yes, she does not glamorize the killers, instead displaying them obviously as what they are in real life - sick and disgusting losers. Clark a grandiose, overblown ass and Bundy his oversexed ignorant slave. I just wondered, after reading the book, if there was one single person involved in the story from witnesses to cosp, that was pleasant or had any redeeming qualities whatsoever. Not the killers, mind you, but there had to be someone in law enforcement and investigating worth applauding. I didn't care for some of the presentations of the investigators. Five stars for research though. And I wonder - what has become of Carol's sons? Crime fans - read this book.

The truth about serial murderers

Too much sensational crime coverage has turned the serial killer into some kind of celebrity, living examples of evil personified. Such killers as Manson and Bundy are practically legendary figures. More than any book I've ever read, "The Sunset Murders" exposes serial killers for what they really are: ordinary slobs like the rest of us. Doug Clark comes across like someone's cretinous and boastful loser uncle, Carol Bundy like the idiot manager you had during your first summer job in fast food. Somehow, these two drab and none too intelligent souls joined together to become mass murderers. Fascinating.