Rating: 
Summary: Compelling, but a trifle long
Review: This is a step above the average True Crime novel in that the author is a celebrated attorney and that he knows the accused personally. The minutae of court proceedings is fascinating enough to make this book a perfect gift for any law student. The fact that the main character, Jennifer Jenkins, is so vague makes one wonder if she did get away with murder. It's a credit to the book that her attorney gives all the facts in order to leave that room for doubt in her innocence (but he repeats several times, he doesn't have to prove that she's innocent. He just as to prove that there's a doubt concerning her guilt.)The first third of the book is about Palmyra, the island where Jennifer and her boyfriend Buck wanted to get away from it all. A second couple shows up and there's tension. When the friends of the second couple lose contact, they become worried. When Buck and Jennifer show up in the stolen boat of the second couple, everyone assumes murder. When the skeletal remains of one of the victims are found, the trials begin. The rest of the book details the trial first of Buck Walker, then of Jennifer Jenkins. Bugliosi's defense of Jennifer Jenkins rests in her not knowing that Buck Walker killed the second couple. Unraveling his client's confused often flaky narrative and fighting with an extremely partial judge, Bugliosi takes through the trial point by point with several stops in between. While this makes for a compelling crime novel, the problem with trials is that much of the live trial is deadly dull. The high points make great drama, but there's a lot of discussions of evidence, procedures and such that are only interesting to lawyers, law school students and accused criminals. At certain points I began to wonder if I'd ever finish reading this book. However, the quality of the writing and the interest of the case keep the book going. You are still fascinated with the case at the end even if there are dull parts in between.
Rating: 
Summary: Great read, couldn't put it down....
Review: This was by far the best true-crime story I've read in quite some time. I highly recommend it as a great read, but I personally think Mr. Bugliosi was hood-winked by the ever so clever "Jennifer". I think she knew much more that she ever admitted to, but she was much too clever playing the innocent little victim. Bugliosi bought it hook, line, and sinker. Toward the end of the book, he kept wondering why Jennifer never thanked him for getting her off scott-free.(She finally sent him a thank you note long after the trail was over). Could it be that she was really quilty and kinda hated the fact she took full advantage of Bugliosi like she did. One wonders.
Rating:
Summary: couldn't put it down
Review: this was one of those books that the images come alive and you feel like you are really there.i was also impressed by the proof reading of this book. every word spelled correctly,every comma in it's place.so many books are rushed that i feel like the publisher didn't take the time to correct any mistypes. i'm a vincent bugliosi fan for life now.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent true-crime mystery
Review: Two couples alone together on a remote Pacific island, one couple eventually leaves in a stolen boat and the other couple is never seen again. Years later, bones are discovered on the island and identified as one of the missing persons. This is a fictionalized account of their story and the story of the ensuing trials for murder. The first part describes both couples and their trips to the island and part two of this book is the trial with many detailed explanations of legal proceedings. Ultimately the reader is left to decide whether the verdict was the right one. I agree with the other reviewers here that Bugliosi is a bit heavy with the self-praise, however this is still a great book.
Rating:
Summary: Grabs you from start to finish!
Review: When I began reading this book, I felt very little fondness or compassion for the "hippie" couple, Jennifer and Buck. However, the story never ceased to hold my interest and kept me wanting to know more about the two couples who unwittingly found each other on this desolute island. By the time Vince Bugliosi took on the case of Jennifer Jenkins, I was spellbound by his inexhaustible and brilliant pursuit of a "not guilty" verdict for this woman who seemed to be as guilty of murder as anyone could be. Yet, by the time he presented his summation at the trial, I was praying that Jennifer would be found innocent because Vincent Bugliosi proved to me, beyond a reasonable doubt, that she was, in fact, innocent. This is one book I will never forget.
Rating:
Summary: Only Bugliosi could have won this case
Review: With any other attorney, she would be in jail right now. I still think that she is guilty, but he has a way of changing your mind. The best attorney in the world, hands down. His closing argument should be required study in every law school. This is a great book, but his best is "Outrage". That book IS required study in many Law Schools.
| 
