Scream at the Sky — Carlton Stowers

In the winter of 1984, a faceless evil besieged the quiet town of Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving five young women brutally murdered. Scream at the Sky is the masterful true crime chronicle by two-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Carlton Stowers, detailing one man's murderous career and another man's sworn promise to deliver justice.

For seventeen months, the killer remained at large, leaving grieving families desperate for answers. The haunted district attorney chased every lead, only to meet one dead end after another. It would take fourteen years before a chance discovery by a dedicated cold case investigator provided a new suspect: Faryion Wardrip, an unhappily married family man who drowned his anger in substance abuse and violent fantasies.

Investigator John Little tirelessly ruled out every possibility until he was left with but one conclusion. His instincts led him to discover how Wardrip's drug-fueled fantasies became a reality for his unfortunate victims: Terry Sims, Toni Gibbs, Ellen Blau, Debra Taylor, and Tina Kimbrew. Scream at the Sky recounts the remarkable story of how Little tracked down Wardrip and used the legal system to finally bring justice and closure to the people of Texas.