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mfilipski's review
5.0
I have read two other books based on true crime and honestly I wasn’t a huge fan so I was nervous about starting this one. I was way more interested in reading this. Maybe because it’s very close to home and I have watched several documentaries on it. It was easier for me to want to read and get into than the other two for sure!
emckeon1002's review
4.0
Like reading a James Lee Burke novel and realizing it's true, this book pulls the scab off the unsolved murders of 8 women in Jennings Louisiana. The Jeff Davis 8, as the came to be known, were all sex workers who had clear connections to one another. While law enforcement trotted out a tale of a serial killer, Brown's investigation points to something much more sinister, and much more frightening, reaching beyond Jennings to powerful figures in the state. A story that isn't over.
rschmidt7's review
4.0
Horrific and unjust, and a story worth telling about police corruption. Pretty sure I got a speeding ticket in Jeff Davis parish, or somewhere nearby, in summer 2015, despite being well under the speed limit. Not surprising unfortunately that the corruption runs a lot deeper than that.
vickieb8's review against another edition
4.0
This book touches on the corruption and poor police work that has led to this case still remaining open all these years later. A deep look at what is wrong with the Justice system in the US.
trisha_thomas's review
3.0
"It's Jennings, man." He gave me a friendly, almost collegial clap on the shoulder. "Welcome to the dirty south."
This was an interesting and deeply sad story. A small town, population about 10,000, has had a horrible habit of losing some of its most vulnerable members - women who are struggling on the fringes of their town - but losing them to murder.
All of these women left family behind - mothers, siblings and sometimes even children. And the mystery around all their deaths, the author's reasons to tie them together but also to tie them to certain people who maybe probably did it. It was an interesting read full of heartache but also anger. How have these not been solved?! I'm anxious to see the show they made out the book.
This was an interesting and deeply sad story. A small town, population about 10,000, has had a horrible habit of losing some of its most vulnerable members - women who are struggling on the fringes of their town - but losing them to murder.
All of these women left family behind - mothers, siblings and sometimes even children. And the mystery around all their deaths, the author's reasons to tie them together but also to tie them to certain people who maybe probably did it. It was an interesting read full of heartache but also anger. How have these not been solved?! I'm anxious to see the show they made out the book.
deathofastrwbry's review
3.0
2.5 rounded to 3. Not really sure how I still feel about this book. It felt like I was reading a podcast script, which made it very easy to read and quick. However I felt like I was missing something towards the end. I know that the case is unsolved, however it did not feel like a complete true crime book.