Murder At Morses Pond

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Summary: The horror. The horror. Avoid at all costs.
Review: I only regret a rating of "no stars whatsoever" is impossible, because this book, possibly more than any other true crime tome I've ever read, proves the following fact: all it takes, evidently, to publish with Pinnacle True Crime is i) enough money to pay for a trial transcript, and ii) a quarter to phone up the county sheriff for a short chat. Because that, literally, is ALL of which this book consists. NO interviews with the principles; NO interesting angles in regards the crime; NO raison d'etre, therefore, for this book to exist at all. True, from someplace undocumented, author Rosencrance presents the jurors' post-trial comments; and, true, the author was either in the courtroom during the trial, or, more likely, given her almost non-existent commentary on anything other than the killer's children's demeanor in court (including catty comments about one of the daughters' clothing choices), viewed a two-camera-angle, televised presentation of the proceedings. Or knew someone who did. Information is distressingly told, re-told, re-told again, and THEN re-told AGAIN, ad nauseaum. (...)

Rating:
Summary: Not bad
Review: I read this book because I was well aware of the case and the trial and I have to disagree about there being a lot of errors. I understand that you may not like the style -- a lot of court stuff -- but it's wrong to say it's riddled with errors.

Rating:
Summary: I liked it
Review: Not being familiar with this case I found the book easy to read and understand as well as informative. Maybe if I had followed the case closely I might have had another opinion, but I think it's a good read.

Rating:
Summary: An awful piece of work
Review: This portrayl of the Dirk Greineder murder case is an awful piece of work that is riddled with errors and sheds no new information on the case. Author Rosencrance clearly did little more than watch the Court TV coverage of this case, read the local media accounts, and consult the trial transcripts. Beyond the local police chief and several jurors, none of the main participants in the case were interviewed and there is virtually no character development. The story line is disjointed, confusing and devoid of emotion and description. Some parts read like clinical police reports while other sections are trial transcripts run verbatim. Avoid this book at all costs as the errors are too numerous to list. It does not deserve a single star but there is no option for zero stars.