A review by toniclark
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd by Jana Bommersbach

4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book — which I looked up after hearing Liberty Hardy talk about it on podcast, “All the Books.” The story leaves us with many more unanswered than answered questions, due to a lot of conflicting evidence and testimony, speculation and confusion. And the whole story is so far in the past now (1931) that it’s unlikely to be conclusively resolved, despite the fact that long-hidden evidence and confessions seem to keep coming to light. The author is sympathetic to Judd throughout and, though a bit repetitious, the story’s fascinating. It’s impossible not to try to put the evidence together oneself, to try to figure out what makes sense and what doesn’t, what’s possible versus plausible. But it’s not likely anyone will ever really know whodunit or why.