A review by leithbookstagram
Murder: The Biography by Kate Morgan

medium-paced

5.0

I read this book when it first came out. When I first heard about the book, it sounded right up my street and, when I saw it in @waterstones I just couldn’t not pick it up straight away! 

It was a lovely surprise finding out it’s also a signed copy 💃

I was not disappointed by this book in the slightest - I truly believe this book is groundbreaking and has opened up a whole new section in the true crime genre.

@kateclmorgan successfully analyses a variety of key events over the past few centuries to determine how these cases have changed the Law of Murder into what we know it as today.

Kate critically analyses every piece of information she has about the events and leaves no stone unturned. She gives fantastic and easy-to-follow backstories to each case, the case itself and the aftermath, not just in how it affected Murder, but also in society as a whole and the public’s reaction to each case.

One of the aspects I loved was that Kate does not just tell us the information, she talks about each case in a very humane way and with the bonus of photographs, really bringing to the forefront that these were real people who died in various ways and it was real people who were severely affected by the events and aftermath, not just back then but still to the present day.

I really wish I could put into words how fantastic this book is, I loved every second of reading this book and I really, really hope there’s more to come from Kate. She has a fantastic talent. 

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in true crime, law or non-fiction in general. This book was insanely interesting and I’ll definitely be reading this book over and over!