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Sam Quinones writes another amazing book

Reviewed: 02-04-25

I had listened to Dreamland, Sam Quinones’s previous book about the opioid crisis, and this book covers more of that, as well as the fentanyl crisis currently going on. Mr. Quinones combines impeccable journalism with many personal stories on all sides of this epidemic, from those in drug trafficking, the Sackler family, addicts, law enforcement, communities, families, and shows how it affects us all. Highly recommend both these books.

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Joe Kenda has written another great fiction story!

Reviewed: 12-15-24

I’m loving JK’s fiction stories and hope he keeps writing them. They are based on his career and include him as a fictional character. We love JK, real or fictional!!

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Love Joe Kenda’s writing!

Reviewed: 12-14-24

I love the way he used fictionalized versions of himself and his wife and based the book on similar or possible cases. He gets to keep the personality we all love while writing great stories.

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Great story I had never heard before

Reviewed: 12-05-24

This story had twists and turns even though we knew who the culprit likely was early on.

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Well-written and read account of a heartbreaking case

Reviewed: 12-02-24

Joe McGinniss once again brings us North Carolina murder in his thorough, but not clinical, way.

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In-depth, informative story of the investigation of this tragic case

Reviewed: 11-10-24

Ms. Keenan does a very thorough job of covering all that is known about the Oakland County Child Killer case from Michigan in the 1970s. If the police did cover for a wealthy family, sadly that would make sense, and the fact that who is now the main suspect (though that took too many years) took his own life in 1978 explains why the killings stopped. Part of it is the times—they didn’t take crimes against children as seriously as we do now, so sometimes people would not serve much or any time for assaulting or soliciting children. It’s disturbing to know how much of this type of thing goes on, and though it’s not like QAnon nut job theories, it’s still way more common and extensive than we know. I wish the OCCK victims’ families could have gotten justice.

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Save your money

Reviewed: 09-06-24

This book is all about how talented the author was even as a child and how great a teacher he now is. Curiously, there is little in the way of how to help those of us mere mortals who aren’t as talented. We’re somehow supposed to, as the title says, sing without thinking, yet a lot of work goes into vocal training. I wish I could return it, but sadly, I paid cash, so I can’t.

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Insightful and frightening

Reviewed: 08-17-24

Great insight on this topic. A must-read for anyone who wants to keep our democracy.

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Great history of the Beaufort family in their own right, not just as background

Reviewed: 07-27-24

Loved the entire book. I just wish the narrator could pronounce “assume” and “pursue” correctly. These words have no “h” in the word which would make them sound like, “a-shume” or “pur-shue,” as the narrator says. If you are going to read audiobooks for a living, please pronounce the words correctly—not a big ask.

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Very sensible investigation of this mystery

Reviewed: 07-19-24

I enjoyed this book, written by an investigator rather than a historian, good to get a different perspective. We may never know what happened unless further DNA testing is done, but the speculation was fact-based, and when the author was speculating, he noted that he was.

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