Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by oofie
The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan
dark
informative
medium-paced
3.0
3 - liked it
This book tells the story of the murder of Michelle McNeil, and of her family and her husband and murderer, Martin McNeil.
Michelle was found by her young daughter in the bathtub. Her husband acted erratic while emergency workers were at the scene. The coroner deemed her death natural due to heart disease. Weeks after her death, Martin moved his mistress into his family home as the "nanny", and it was then that the majority of the family began to be suspicious. It was 7 years until they'd finally get people on their side about Martin being a murderer and pathological liar.
This book was interesting and chockful of information. However, in a lot of the book, it was just...too much information? Like for example, in hearing about Gypsy's (the mistress) background, we got to hear all about her childhood and her family members, etc. There were a lot of people introduced and given background that wasn't honestly relevant to the case or the story it presented.
No one can say, however, that the author didn't do their research. They did a lot of it, and very thoroughly covered everything related to the case.
This was also an interesting book to me because it occurs in my community (Northern Utah), and I don't often real local true crime.
Overall, enjoyed the read and learning about the case.
This book tells the story of the murder of Michelle McNeil, and of her family and her husband and murderer, Martin McNeil.
Michelle was found by her young daughter in the bathtub. Her husband acted erratic while emergency workers were at the scene. The coroner deemed her death natural due to heart disease. Weeks after her death, Martin moved his mistress into his family home as the "nanny", and it was then that the majority of the family began to be suspicious. It was 7 years until they'd finally get people on their side about Martin being a murderer and pathological liar.
This book was interesting and chockful of information. However, in a lot of the book, it was just...too much information? Like for example, in hearing about Gypsy's (the mistress) background, we got to hear all about her childhood and her family members, etc. There were a lot of people introduced and given background that wasn't honestly relevant to the case or the story it presented.
No one can say, however, that the author didn't do their research. They did a lot of it, and very thoroughly covered everything related to the case.
This was also an interesting book to me because it occurs in my community (Northern Utah), and I don't often real local true crime.
Overall, enjoyed the read and learning about the case.