I actually read this book over months (I always keep one particular book at home where it stays until I finally either finish it, or start carrying it around with me because I can't put it down). I like true crime, but I mostly stuck with the Ann Rule. I met Kathryn Casey at a past BEA, where I picked this book up. Because I am huge into My Favorite Murder Podcast, I decided that it was time to branch out into true crime again.

I liked this book, but I probably prefer my true crime to focus on a particular murderer. The victims in this book are the result of many killers over the course of decades. Because the Hubs and I use to live in Oklahoma and vacation in Galveston, a lot of the areas mentioned in the book were familiar to me. It's so awful to read about young teenagers and young women who disappear- worse when some of them stay missing, their fates unknown.

I've never been a fan of unsolved mysteries- I think the reason I like true crime is that it helps my anxiety when the killer or killers are caught. It helps to know that yes, terrible things happen, but the people responsible are punished. Sadly, that's not always the case. Casey does a good job of telling the victims and their family's stories, and she even got to interview some of the men who were accused and/or convicted of some of the murders.

I'll definitely be checking out some of Casey's other true crime books.