Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the debut novel from best-selling author Seth Holms, Charon Books is proud to release this commemorative edition of
“He Came in with a Smile.” 

For thirteen months, a violent serial killer stalked his prey across New York City's five boroughs. A case of relentless horrors, this hunter was chillingly dubbed “The Nursery Rhyme Killer”, a nod to his M.O. of ending the lives of his victims, all children, as they slept in their beds. Eluding capture by the NYPD, it fell to intrepid journalist and amateur sleuth Seth Holms to solve the case. 

Follow along with Holms, puff-piece journalist turned true crime scribe, as he embeds himself in the heart of darkness. 

This 10th Anniversary edition comes with a new foreword by forensic psychologist Ned Schwabel, and an expanded gallery of never-before-seen photos of select crime scenes.