My new favorite book. Timothy Egan’s A Fever in the Heartland is a historical expose that reads like a true crime thriller. It’s very disturbing, and pretty hard to put down. If you’re a sucker for both history and courtroom drama like I am, then this is a good book for you. The story concerns the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920’s America. … Continue reading A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
I come to this book by way of the recent television series. Both are very good. The television series, while based on a true crime, is largely fiction. The producers created entire characters and storylines to flesh out the historical plotline into multiple episodes. The book fleshes out its true crime story with a fascinating history of Mormonism focused on the religions violent past and … Continue reading Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Michelle McNamara didn’t live to complete her excellent account of hunting the Golden State Killer, whom she didn’t live to see arrested. So, what to make of this book? Incomplete at the time of the author’s death. About an unsolved crime. Let’s start with did I like it? Yes, I did. I liked the portions the author completed before her death the most, possibly only … Continue reading I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
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