A review by cpalisa
The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths are Solving America's Coldest Cases by Deborah Halber

3.0

I loved the idea of this book...the fact that there are load of amateur sleuths out there that pore over the Internet, matching unidentified remains with missing persons, is kind of crazy and interesting at the same time. Some of the matches these people have made and the time they spend on it is mind boggling. It definitely sparked me to poke around on the Web a bit, though I draw the line at trying to find photos of remains. The hard part of the book was that it was so non-linear, that it was hard for me to keep track of where the author was. She jumped from case to case and then, mid-case, jumped to another, only to come back to it several chapters later. There were tons of people to keep track of and that made it difficult for me. Also, one of the main cases that she profiled had such an ambiguous resolution that I was left confused. So, mixed review, but worth the read. If you are into this kind of stuff.