The Copycat Killer by Losure, Alan 2024 E. NEUF

In the year 1900, Indiana author Albert Larson published his newest murder mystery novel: The Copycat Killer. Within the pages, a fictional author is murdered by an unknown person who uses the books name as their own and employs the storys seven threats to kill innocent people in town.





Soon after, real-life drama occurs when the books author, Albert Larson, is murdered, using the exact seven threats outlined in the story. Days later, a letter arrived in the mail addressed to the marshal stating the following: "Catch me if you can!" and signed The Copycat Killer. Gas City Marshal Justin Blake realized they had a true-to-life crazed killer on their hands. By following the books remaining threat plots, he and his deputies must somehow stay one step ahead and prevent The Copycat Killer from fulfilling the remaining storyline threats; or dozens of innocent lives will be lost.

Alan E. Losure is a Hoosier author who enjoys writing historical fiction novels set in small local towns, allowing his readers to feel what it was like to walk the brick-laid streets of the 1890s. Those were simpler times compared to todays hustle and bustle. Still, our ancestors experiences all the pain and suffering we deal with today but lacked our modern tools in criminal investigation. Alan is happily married and lives in Gas City with his charming wife Susan, and their mischievous, early-morning alarm cat Sophie.