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|title=The Vienna Woods Killer: A Writer's Double Life

|sort=Vienna Woods Killer: A Writer's Double Life

|author=John Leake

|reviewer=Sue Magee

|summary=A very readable look at the life and crimes of Jack Unterweger - the transatlantic serial killer. It could have been dry and academic but it reads like a good crime novel. Recommended

|rating=4

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=400

|publisher=Granta Books

|date=July 2008

|isbn=978-1847080455

}}

Four women disappeared from Vienna's red-light district in 1991. Much, much later their bodies were found in the Vienna Woods. It's the type of story which the media latches onto, feeding the fears of all women in the area. One freelance journalist, Jack Unterweger, distinguished himself when he carried out a series of interviews with Vienna's prostitutes and the Chief of Police. The investigation lasted for many months and the police were no nearer finding the killer, until a retired police officer made what seemed like a far-fetched suggestion. Could the Vienna Woods killer be Jack Unterweger?

If you are a fan of book about true crime then you will almost certainly enjoy Sebastian Junger's [[A Death in Belmont]]. If murders of prostitutes interest you then you might like to have a look at [[Jack of Jumps]] by David Seabrook although Bookbag was somewhat annoyed by the accusations levelled against a living person who may well not be in a position to defend himself.

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