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True Crime Tuesday- I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
TRUE CRIME TUESDAY - by Janelle JansonI’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
I feel like I have been waiting my entire life for this true crime book to be published. Michelle spent six obsessive years writing about an unsolved spree of horrific crimes in the 1970s and 1980s, which included 13 confirmed murders, over 50 rapes, and more than 100 burglaries across California, the Golden State. And it was Michelle who coined the phrase Golden State Killer to link all of his...
Side by Side Review: DEAD GIRL BLUES by David Sodergren
Janelle's Review:
The cover of David Sodergren’s DEAD GIRL BLUES tickled my pulp horror aesthetic obsession perfectly. Its eye-catching yellow cover spoke to me on many levels and tickled my 70’s pulp horror nostalgia...but then I opened the book. Once I started reading, I was overwhelmed and even further impressed.Sodergren’s protagonist, Willow Zulawski, has found herself deep in the dangerous world of snuff films...
True Crime Tuesday with Janelle & Ashley
True Crime Tuesday: THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE
Crime Summary:
In 1994, three teenage boys were arrested for the murder of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. The boys went missing on May 5, 1993 and were found dead in a muddy creek the following day, naked and hogtied with signs of mutilation. Two lead law enforcement officers stated the crime presented “cult overtones”, playing on the fears of satanic panic, which was prevalent in the 1990s.
Victims:
Neighborhood friends and eight-year-old boys, Steve Edward Branch, Christopher Mark Byers, and James Michael...
Side by Side Review: THE UNSUITABLE by Molly Pohlig
Title: THE UNSUITABLE
Author: Molly Pohlig
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Janelle's Review
Thank you to Henry Holt for my free copy.THE UNSUITABLE is a bloody, outlandish gothic tale set in the Victorian era. It’s full of dark scenes and even darker thoughts.Iseult is twenty-eight, a spinster, and her father is desperately trying to marry her off. Even though her father is a cruel man, she resists the idea of getting married and keeps a black book detailing her unsuitable suitors. Iseult...
Side by Side Review: THE FOREVER HOUSE by Tim Waggoner
Here at Night Worms, we love to buddy read & review. Chandra, Janelle, Matt, and John offer their reading experience of THE FOREVER HOUSE by Tim Waggoner.
Thank you Flame Tree Press for early copies.
Chandra's review:
This was the horror book that I needed right now. I remember reading the synopsis a WHILE back and then promptly forgot about it - I just knew I wanted to read it so I dove into...
