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Just when you thought you heard everything

Revisado: 02-05-25

Just when you thought you’d read everything about Ted Bundy, along comes his cousin Enid with an intimate view of her beloved, like-a-brother cousin and the inner calamity caused by the her discovery of his true nature. Certainly worth a read for those of us who spend time trying to spot the monsters among us. Fascinating. I read it in a day.

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What a story

Revisado: 11-25-24

Listened to this after seeing the stunning miniseries, which was shocking, infuriating and heartbreaking. I can only hope that the treatment of domestic assault victims has improved on both sides of the Atlantic since these events occurred. Her rage, fury and bitterness were well justified. I can only hope that Delia finds some semblance of peace by telling her story.

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Entertaining

Revisado: 11-17-24

Barclay is bedrock reliable for creating a snappy plot line with likeable characters. This is no exception, offering an engaging yarn that may not rock my concept of the world, but it doesn’t have to. One of my go-to authors.

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What the Bleep Was That?

Revisado: 11-07-24

Stuart MacBride has been one of my favorite authors for years, every book release a cause for celebration and multiple readings. I don’t even know what to say about this one. Usually the gruesome aspects of his books were offset by the imperfect but likeable, ultimately moral central characters (Oh for one divine moment of Logan MacCrea!!!) His books were laced with large doses of dark humor that had me laughing out loud and full of quotes worth saving and repeating. This one is relentlessly dark, humorless and confusing to the point of being incomprehensible. Plotting is absolute madness, taking to new outer space frontiers the device of the unreliable narrator. It’s the one and only MacBride (is this really MacBride?) book that I was barely able to finish. Let’s hope it’s just a blip in an otherwise wonderful catalogue.

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Eek a mouse!

Revisado: 10-31-24

Wow. Peopled with women who think only of marrying and procreating with a “hot” guy, this mess rereads like a castoff episode of Sex and the City if it was written by a 5th grader and read by the cast of Leave it to Beaver. Lead female character nearly faints at the sight of a tiny rodent (and she’s a New Yorker? Get serious). Dialogue is incredibly cliched. Wondering what I previously read by this author that made me pick this up, and what the positive reviews were about. One star added for the single plot twist I admit I didn’t see coming, although everything else was painfully predictable. Really awful.

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Scholarly, informative and frustrating as hell

Revisado: 10-26-24

Well written account of the multiple murders NOT attributed to, but likely committed by Stuart Sutcliffe, and the ultimate suppression of the evidence that would embarrass those who let him slip through the hands of the law. Crime detection has come a long way since the days when the Yorkshire Ripper terrorized the UK, in part because of the tragic mistakes and misguided efforts described here. A must for the bookshelf of any true crime aficionado.

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A True Horror Story

Revisado: 10-24-24

This was a very tough read, not because it wasn’t well written. It was. It’s because the content is so rife with the unspeakable behavior of the most disgustingly depraved family patriarch in the annals of true crime history. We’re talking every kind of cringey, vomit-inducing crime against children, animals and probably plant life this reader has ever heard of in one place, being passed down as normal through an huge incestuous clan whose members were then destined to become detestable offenders in turn. J. Rodney Turner lends his deep sonorous voice to the tale oh so quietly, as though unwilling to speak of these horrors above a campfire whisper. An important piece of sociological/psychological history I suppose. If you listen to this one bring a strong stomach.

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Well that was a surprise!!!!

Revisado: 08-09-24

The hammer fell in chapter 22. No spoilers from me, but I went into genre shock right then, forgetting that I fell in love with Stuart Neville after reading Ghosts of Belfast. Only Neville could write in this genre and twist my heart. This one just screams out for a sequel. Wonderful.

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Love Lucy Foley

Revisado: 08-07-24

This may be my favorite of the author’s catalog. Wonderful characters, great storytelling and a suitably beautiful/spooky/irresistible setting. Foley serves all of these ingredients up in a very tasty mystery that comes to a supremely satisfying resolution. LOVED IT.

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His Beardiness is Back!!!

Revisado: 07-21-24

Oh, how I’ve missed Stuart MacBride!!! The characters, the descriptions (eyes like two red sphincters), the reading by the great Angus King . . . I’m here for every bit of it. More please. No one else mixes the macabre with humor so successfully. Can’t wait for the next entry.

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