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Careless Whispers by Carlton Stowers

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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dark informative sad slow-paced

1.0

   This book at first blush seems well-researched, however, the author has an agenda. It also seems as if his primary source is the police and prosecution. He didn't bother to talk to any of the people tried for these crimes, their lawyers, or any actual experts.
   I hate that he glorifies people who committed obvious misconduct, quite a few of whom were later fired for such if not prosecuted. Even in the afterward update the author refuses to budge on their guilt. 
  From what I can tell, they didn't bother to add anything after the late 1990s. Like how supposed "bite mark" evidence has been proven to be BS. It's about as reliable as thread comparison. 
  He can shout from the rooftops that he thinks the people tried and mostly convicted, one of whom was executed for the crimes, are guilty. However, you only have the word of jailhouse snitches, or those who "confessed" to the crimes to avoid the death penalty. The cop he lauds so highly has been proven to have fabricated evidence. 
  I'd like a new edition with these things noted in a second afterward. 
  I could have also gone without the blow-by-blow of how the crime supposedly occurred it was gratuitous. With very little mention of how the victims must have suffered. It seemed as if the author was largely immune to any suffering but that of the families of the victims, even at the expense of the victims themselves!

 Takeaway: DO NOT waste 15+ hours of your life on this book.



Narrator Rating: 3.0 stars
  You can't polish a turd, but he didn't make it stink any worse. 
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bee_interrupted's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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