Illuminating and absorbing. . . . The book is more than a simple cops-and-bandits tale: It is a psychological study in the machinations of a master manipulator. . . . Last Rampage is one of those rare books that is both highly entertaining and thought-provoking.


The killings alone are chilling enough to place this fascinating book alongside Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field or Joe MicGinniss' Fatal Vision. . . . Though the details of corruption in Arizona's prison system are absorbing, the story of Tison's psychological control over his three sons provides the most riveting reading.


Gripping and violent . . . a strong sense of place and culture; an intelligent look at the . . . factors that allowed a manipulative killer to exercise his influence.


A riveting account of a bloody crime spree and a first-class study of a cunning sociopath in action.


[A] vivid, frightening, and fascinating portrait.