Bill O'Brien: Agents of Mayhem - The Global Phenomenon of Mass Murder

(David Bateman $29.95)

Review: Glbert Wong

In a book of chilling accounts, perhaps the most affecting is a simple list at the book's end.

O'Brien, a former policeman who was part of the team at the aftermath of David Gray's massacre at Aramoana, produces a list naming the 215 victims killed by the 15 mass murderers the book profiles.

As O'Brien advocates, more stringent screening of those who can purchase automatic and semi-automatic weapons would do much to reduce the toll of misery.