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Summary: good book
Review: A very interesting look into a highly dysfunctional family. Highly recommend to those who enjoy true crime novels.
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Summary: good book
Review: A very interesting look into a highly dysfunctional family. Highly recommend to those who enjoy true crime novels.
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Summary: Compelling
Review: Bitter Blood is a compelling story of such monstrous proportions that we immediately recognize that only family could be guilty of such crimes. (Not our families, of course--those other families. The crazy ones.)
Bledsoe has a unique gift for selecting the right details. His eye is true and his judgement sound in giving the reader just enough information to feel we have a three-dimensional understanding, but the narrative never stumbles under the weight of too much irrelevant material. This makes for a grotesquely intriguing story. We are horrified, shocked, disgusted, but under Bledsoe's careful guidance, we come to understand the real people and events that led to this nightmare.
True crime fans will love it. Those of us who live in North Carolina shake our heads in recognition. A compelling read.
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Summary: Good true crime read
Review: I am not huge true crime genre reader, but Bledsoe writes a story about two murders in the south during the mid-80's that captured my interest. Bledsoe does deep and wide investigative research into the infamous murders of a widow and a daughter in Kentucky and how they were connected with another multiple murder in Winston-Salem.In detail, Bledsoe portrays the various players. The reader gets an engrossing detail into the detectives that researched the case. In addition, the victims' lives were intimately discussed. The story reads like a mystery, taking the reader through the possible suspects. Ultimately, the victims were related to a bitter child custody battle between Tom Lynch and his ex-wife Susie Lynch and the shocking insanity of the criminal becomes clearer. I didn't know anything about this case before reading the book. It was a little slow to start, often times tedious. I felt at times that Bledsoe was giving me more information than I needed or cared to know. However, as the book progressed, the details that Bledsoe were revealing were more relevant and showed the nature behind crime. Bledsoe had definitely done his research. The book also asks more questions than it answers -- leaving the window open to speculation and ones questions that probably will never be answered.
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Summary: Many victims in this story but the children.....
Review: I felt the worst about their murder at the hands of their so-called "mother" and the psycho she was involved with, her own cousin. Susie Lynch could have benefitted immensely from a good thrashing when she was still young enough for it to do any good. What a spoiled, self-centered brat. And Fritz Klenner - I can't understand how anyone could call him anything other than what he was - a head case! It's a shame two young boys had to die...along with countless other innocent people....because two sociopaths who couldn't handle the real world and reality decided they were in the way.
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Summary: Best book I've ever read
Review: I have read nearly 200 true crime books, and this is easily the best one ever. Jerry Bledsoe is an incredible author. This book is very long and covers lots of history and detail. The author goes back in time and reviews the life stories of all the relatives of the major players, and by the time they all come together, you understand and appreciate exactly what is going on. Many readers do not like books with a lot of history, but this one is done so incredibly well and it really adds to the emotion of the story once the tragedies begin. This story involves several large families with very prominent members. You watch as people change gradually, but nothing can prepare you for the final tragedy. The book is written from the perspective of an unknown character at first, which makes you want to read and read until all your questions are answered. The story is thrilling, except for the fact that it was true which makes it so heartbreaking. I have read this book 3 times already, I have given it as a gift to all my friends who read true crime, I have read every book written by Jerry Bledsoe (although there are not nearly enough), and I have loved them all. I highly recommend this book to any true crime fan.
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Summary: WOW!!!
Review: This is about as engrossing a true crime book as one can get. Well-researched and compellingly written, it tracks the story of three families whose lives intertwine only to culminate in boodshed. It is a story that will enthrall the reader, as well as tug at the reader's heartstrings, because of the tragic familial implications. At the heart of the horror that this book reveals is a beautiful southern belle, Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch, who together with her first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, the mentally unbalanced son of a prominent doctor, goes on to be involved in unspeakable acts. It is a riveting book that will keep the reader turning the pages and is one of the best books in the true crime genre.
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Summary: Fantastic Research
Review: This is one of the best true crime books I've ever read. It's a long book because of the number of characters, issues, events and length of time it covers. The research is fantastic. It depicts the destruction of a family through mental illness, greed, obsession and just plain evil. Had this been a fiction novel, the ending probably would have been different because it's so horrific it would be difficult to believe if it wasn't true. One of the saddest parts is that there seemed to be no legal way to stop the events that occured although so much effort was made.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down - it was THAT good.
Review: This rather large true crime book is an edge of your seat, can't put it down, kind of book. I stayed up nearly 24 hours just so I could finish it in one sitting. It is THAT good. Jerry Bledsoe is one of the genre's best authors. This book is a chilling portrayal of family murder, madness, revenge, and greed. If you are a true crime fan, this is a must have! If, as one reviewer wanted, you want to read about Vitamin C shots, and medicine this is not the book for you. Bravo, Jerry for another outstanding book!
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