Review for 'The case of the vanishing blonde and other true crime stories' by Mark Bowden
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Atlantic monthly press and Grove Atlantic.
Available to preorder for ready for it's release date on the 9th July.
This is the first book that I have read by this author. I would be interested in reading more books by him.
I was originally drawn to this book by its intriguing cover and blurb and the fact that it is a true crime novel.
This novel consists of an introduction and 6 true crime stories. The author of this book Mark Bowden was previously a reporter for the 'Philadelphia Inquirer'. One of the stories in this book "The Incident at Alpha Tau Omega,” is from the time when Mark worked as a reporter andit ran on the cover of the Inquirer’s Sunday magazine.
I liked the introduction as it was interesting to see where the author got his information from. However, it may have been better with slightly less information of the crimes featured in his book to give less of what is to come away.
Brilliant descriptions and very well in depth, especially considering they are true stories, shows how much research went into them.
I like that some of the cases are left open ended so readers can decide for themselves if they think the characters are guilty or not. It makes them very thought provoking.
I absolutely love Brennan's take no crud attitude and would be interested in reading more cases that he has worked on.
I'm sure I have seen something similar to 'the case of the vanishing blonde' on a CSI episode a few years ago.
Overall quite a quick read and interesting true crime novel with some thought provoking and open ended cars. It is obvious that the author has done alot of research and the book is very well written.
I would recommend this book to fans of true crime.
240 pages
£4.16 to purchase on kindle. I think this is a reasonable price for this book.
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