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Author Talks ‘Cobra Killer’ True Crime Book
July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Times Leader newspaper in Northeastern Pennsylvania ran an interview earlier this week with Peter Conway, the webmaster who exhaustively chronicled the criminal prosecution of Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes for the January 2007 murder of Cobra Video producer Bryan Kocis. His blog became a true-crime book, Cobra Killer, co-authored with Andrew E. Stoner. It was to be published by Alyson Books but was cut loose when that company imploded; Magnus Books picked it up for release in February, 2012. As our Constant Readers will recall, I was interviewed for the book (see the link below). Cuadra and Kerekes were neighbors with Mr. Conway in Virginia some years ago. “I never knew them per se. I rode the elevator with them a few times and always wondered why these two young men were driving $50,000 and $75,000 cars,” he recalls. As he began covering the case, Conway realized his blog was “a book in itself. I had all this information and there was a heavy interest about the story… across the country.” The profile notes he “purchased most of the trial transcript and interviewed witnesses, several of the investigators” and others involved in the case. The idea was to provide as much background and context as possible. “It really is a true crime book and it’s not written in a salacious way or anything like that,” he says. “The book features the trial and the people involved in the trial. I still read it every now and then; it keeps you wanting to read more.” CLICK HERE for the full article.
See also:
* “‘Cobra Killer’ Book on Kocis Murder Set for Publication“
