''The Spider and the Fly'' was published on January 24, 2017, by

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and was written by Claudia Rowe. It chronicles interviews between Rowe and serial killer

Kendall Francois Kendall Francois (July 26, 1971 – September 11, 2014) was a serial killer from Poughkeepsie (city), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, convicted of killing eight women, from 1996 to 1998. After his conviction and sentencing, Francois was housed ...

also known as "The Poughkeepsie Killer" and "Stinky." While working for

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, Rowe was assigned to cover the murders of eight women by Francois and interviewed him for five years during which she experienced a strange bond with the killer and eventually conquered her own struggles. The book is part

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and part

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