Is the king of true crime himself an abuser?

One of the world’s biggest true-crime authors is facing allegations of repeated abuse, and two publishers are pulling his books.

Bonnier Books UK and Sweden’s Lind & Co announced the withdrawals after allegations that the author committed repeated abuses. The allegations reportedly draw a disturbing link to the serial killers who shaped his writing.

The account opens with a six-year-old girl finding a dress while playing in a wardrobe in a red-brick house in the English countryside near Winchester. She puts it on and takes it downstairs to her parents.