Gayle Griffiths

Addictive

Revisado: 09-25-22

The most thorough telling of one of the most tragic crimes of the century. Narration is excellent and the way interviews are inserted into the story line is brilliant

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Ties it all together

Revisado: 11-01-21

Brant Pietrie has written another thought-provoking book using ancient Jewish sources to educate. Must Read.

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A Delightful Listening Experience

Revisado: 07-19-19

Michael Robert Wolf has written a charming book that you will want to listen to again and again. The author narrates the book himself ,which is always a plus, because you get the right inflections and no mispronunciations.
The story line is engaging; set in the Burroughs of New York where we meet David Kaplan, a retired lynotype operator, and his daughters. Naomi, an unmarried Jewess in her late 40's, still lives at home and aims to please her devoutly Orthodox Jewish father by sharing his lifestyle and deep faith. The tension that threatens their idyllic father /daughter relationship arises when Naomi falls in love with an equally devout Christian man. Her personal struggle is handled by the author in such a way that you conclude he rely understands a woman's heart. There is a murder mystery, introduced in the opening chapter, that adds to a deeply satisfying book all around. And when you miss the characters at the end of your listening experience, the good news is that Michael Wolf has written a sequel, now in print, soon to be on Audible, called The Other: Continuing the Lynotype Legacy.

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Well written

Revisado: 07-19-19

I would have given this 5 stars except the narrator mispronounced the last name Skakel. since the name is used throughout the book it was an annoying distraction. I think they should redo the audio and update our libraries. While that was a.big issue for me, the book moves along quickly; covering the sad murder of Martha Moxley with a detective's precision. Furhman is a good writer. Even though Detective Frank Garr was on the same track, it was this book that brought Michael Skakel to trial.

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Compelling

Revisado: 04-12-19

intwresting profiñe of a psycholathic killer and how the system failed to recognize his danger.

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Compelling Arguments

Revisado: 08-06-16

The most disturbing thing about the Moxley case is how many good suspects there were. By the time you are done with the chapters where Kennedy Jr. painstakingly catalogs each suspect and their bizarre behaviors, you get this picture of a lovely, spirited teenaged Martha on Mischief Night surrounded by monsters, any one of which could have committed this crime.

I have read all of the books on the Moxley case and before reading this one. I would have to say Len Leavitt's book Conviction was the one that convinced me of Michael 's guilt. However, having read Framed I have serious doubts, enough to give him the "reasonable doubt" pass. I see Michael as much of a tortured soul as Ken Littleton and the descriptions of the tortures at Elan School certainly relegate any so called confessions while there suspect. At the very least, Framed makes the case for ineffective counsel and a new trial.

I don't quite buy the author's claims to have found the real killers. The two, based on the information of a questionable source, with no real corroraboration, do little more than raise the possibility of another suspect, hence, more reasonable doubt.

Framed is well written and keeps the reader engaged throughout.

In the end, the question of who killed Martha remains a mystery. Personally, I think it had to be Tommy or Michael, based on their bizarre stories years later that put them close to or at the murder scene.

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