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Summary: Page-turner; couldn't put it down
Review: Kristin Rossum is a textbook sociopath and a spoiled brat of the worst kind. She sits there in her parents' multi-million dollar home and speaks badly of the homeless and the poor while she steals money from her boyfriend and later drugs from her job to support her meth habit. Incidentally, her parents had no problems with putting on the poor mouth and having a Public Defender take up the cause of their precious daughter when it came time for her to pay the piper!And Ralph and Constance Rossum - how pathetic - ultra-right wingers for whom everything was about appearances. They would have done Greg deVillers a huge favor by allowing their oh so wonderful daughter to pull out of the wedding when she expressed doubts. But, hey, what would the folks at the country club think? I can't believe that she would cheat on this handsome, caring young man with a serial adulterer who took off for Australia and left her to face the music alone. I didn't think much of Greg's father, Yves, either. Dr. deVillers walked out on his wife and three sons, stopped supporting them and refused to pay for his sons' schooling. Then he thinks he can just show up at his son's wedding as if nothing happened, as if he'd never abandoned his family. After Greg's murder, he acts as though he's Father Of the Decade - oh, so concerned! Where was he when his sons were growing up? I felt so badly for Marie, Greg's mother. The strain of her son's murder eventually helped kill her so Kristin Rossum is responsible for her death as well. I've enjoyed all of John Glatt's books and this was the best so far!
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Summary: B O R I N G
Review: Kristin Rossum will be in my nightmares!
Not since Nurse Jones murdered the children of San Antonio have I come across an equally heartless female professional. However, Jones could be understood as an unappreciated ego trapped in an average body as opposed to a blonde bombshell and summa cum laude graduate of San Diego State's chemistry program.
Perhaps the author exaggerated a few points such as calling UCSD and San Diego State prestigious and playing up Mike Robertson's star status but he mastered the craft of writing true crime.
Ann Rule, Jack Olson, and now John Glatt put true crime in a league with science fiction, mystery, and horror.
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Summary: You Won't Sleep
Review: Kristin Rossum will be in my nightmares!
Not since Nurse Jones murdered the children of San Antonio have I come across an equally heartless female professional. However, Jones could be understood as an unappreciated ego trapped in an average body as opposed to a blonde bombshell and summa cum laude graduate of San Diego State's chemistry program.
Perhaps the author exaggerated a few points such as calling UCSD and San Diego State prestigious and playing up Mike Robertson's star status but he mastered the craft of writing true crime.
Ann Rule, Jack Olson, and now John Glatt put true crime in a league with science fiction, mystery, and horror.
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Summary: Where was the Editor?
Review: Perhaps my one star is a bit premature as I only started the book last night.
However some glaring errors like using "border" instead of "boarder" and Patricia "Cornwall" instead of "Cornwell" and Kay "Scarpella" instead of "Scarpetta" did not make last evening's reading experience a great one.
Errors like that, especially in a nonfiction book, make me question credibility.
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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: The only question that I can add to other reviewer's opinions is this: why was Michael Robertson allowed to just leave the U.S. for Australia? Even though the book states that they may follow through with charges against him, I was shocked that he walked away scot-free. At the very least, he was an accessory to murder, and maybe he masterminded and orchestrated the whole thing? Probably not, but he was certainly involved up to his neck. This is a very involving true-crime story, and a sad tale of young & wasted lives.
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Summary: A Compulsive and Rivetting Crime Book
Review: This is the best true crime book I have read for years. John Glatt does an excellent job of unravelling this intriguing and incredible story of sex, drugs and an unbelievably horrible and cruel murder. He makes the story of the beautiful forensic toxicologist Kristin Rossum come alive in his vivid and brilliantly researched account of one of the most brutal and callous murders ever committed. As a resident of San Diego I followed this case from the beginning, through it's amazing twists and turns. I want to congratulate Glatt on a job well done and I thoroughly recommend it to all true crime lovers.
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