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pennyriley's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting look at two murders of teenage girls in England in the mid 80s that led to the first person being absolved of a murder charge by genetic fingerprinting, and finally the conviction of the actual killer by the same technique. It's amazing how far things have come since this rather bumbling start to a new technology. And that's not a criticism; technology has moved so far forward in so many ways since then.
sophiemartin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault
pennyriley's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting look at two murders of teenage girls in England in the mid 80s that led to the first person being absolved of a murder charge by genetic fingerprinting, and finally the conviction of the actual killer by the same technique. It's amazing how far things have come since this rather bumbling start to a new technology. And that's not a criticism; technology has moved so far forward in so many ways since then.
bookself's review against another edition
2.0
This book felt dragged out. It's like if a true crime tv show (which already feels unnecessary long with all the repetition) was translated to a 400 page book. This means adding irrelevant details like the cops personal lives and the life of the guy that came up with the DNA testing.
I only manages to read the first 50 pages before getting annoyed and skimming the rest to get to the details of the murder and the actual investigation.
There was more filler than actual story, but the little there was saved the book from a 1 star rating.
I only manages to read the first 50 pages before getting annoyed and skimming the rest to get to the details of the murder and the actual investigation.
There was more filler than actual story, but the little there was saved the book from a 1 star rating.
twistedsittler's review against another edition
5.0
I stumbled on this one and I'd never heard of the case it's about. Do yourself a favour and don't read anything about the cases of you don't already know about them. Wambaugh does a great job of giving a fictional feel to a very real crime story. Yet he still respects the families and police officials involved. There was less info about the Pioneer of DNA testing, Alec Jeffreys, than I expected but it didn't take away from the proceedings. A must read.
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