Rating: 
Summary: EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
Review: I can't say enough about Greg King's book. A true historian and fierce researcher, Greg sure did his homework. He interviewed many people including not only Sharon's family, friends and colleagues, but also Alice La Bianca (Leno's first wife), Janet Parent (Steve's sister), and others. It was a joy to finally read a book focusing on the victims and not the so-called "family." I loved King's way of dedicating the first half of the book to Sharon's life, stopping a few days short of her death, doing the next part about the origins of Manson's "family," and then bringing the two together to the horrible early morning hours of August 9, 1969. The part that kept me spellbound was the chapter entitled, "The Last Day." It reminded me of Thomas Sancton's and Scott Mac Leod's book, "Death of a Princess: The Investigation" (about Diana, Princess of Wales). Sancton and Mac Leod gave an almost minute by minute account of Diana's final hours in Paris on August 30, 1997 and King did basically the same with the goings on at Cielo Drive on August 8, 1969. King gives the spotlight to the people who have been swept under the rug for the past 34 years: the victims. He focuses primarily on Sharon but he does include little known or previously unknown facts about the "other victims." I say, "It's about time!" This is the definitive book about the victims. Vincent Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" is THE account of the trial. The two books compliment each other very nicely.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent!!!
Review: When I started reading this book, I could NOT put it down. Everything you wanted to know about Sharon Tate is covered in this book, from her birth until her untimely death. King uncovers the questions we always had about Sharon, Roman, Sharons family and close friends & the night of the murders. Sharon will always be the essence of all beauty and good, and her personality and innocence is something I wish we had in todays society. Horray to Greg King!!
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