Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

Title: The Killer's Shadow The FBI'S Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer  Authors: John E Douglas & Mark Olshaker  Published: November 17, 2020  Published by: Deystreet Books  Pages: 304 pages  Genre: True Crime/ Non-fiction  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  This story is interesting but it doesn't reach the bar that I have gotten used to with any John Douglas book. Now this story follows Douglas as he is trying to profile a guy who has a real knack for murdering africanamerican people as well as interracial couples. As well as caucasian females who say that they prefer african american or jamicain men. The killer also made sure that everyone knew how he felt about jews as well. Franklin grew up in a dysfunctional home with a lot of mistreatment and later on he decided that the killings were rooted to his mother in a way. While he was on the hunt for his victims he was pretty good at robbing banks to supply the money needed for his targets ...

Title: Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder & Redemption in the Indamous I-45/ Texas Killing Fields  Author: Kathryn Casey  Published: January 27, 2015 Published by: Harper  Genre: True Crime/ Non-fiction  Pages: 352 pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐  Review:  This author did an amazing job! She covered many cases and then she  covered them well! She did an amazing job by covering the victims, many times when reading a true crime novel it's all about the perpetrator and the crimes. But, this book gave insight into the victims. Showed that they were actually people and they did have families, friends and lives of their own before their lives were taken tragically too soon from all of these girls/women! Over three decades more than 20 women/young girls disappeared and many of their bodies were found, they disappeared on a 50 mile stretch between Houston and Galveston. They were savagely beaten, raped, strangled, or shot. Some of these cases were so...

Title: Couple Found Slain After a Family Murder  Author: Mikita Brottman  Expected Publication: July 6, 2021  Publisher: Macmillan Audio & Henry Holt.& Company  Genre: True Crime/ Nonfiction  Pages: 256 pages  Raiting: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  To say that this book was an eye opener would be definitely selling the book short! This follows Brian Bechtold from before his  parents were murdered to after he murdered them and his stay in the mental facility. While this story is definitely an eye opener on a lot about the mental health industry I am not quick to make judgements on anything in this particular story because there is soo much going on in it. Do I think that Brian was held in the mental facility because some psychiatrist were on a power trip, yes I do. Did Brian handle things in the best way, no he did not handle them in the best way. What I hated about this story is how powerless Brian was. Anything he said or did was used against...

Title: The Maidens  Author: Alex Michaelides  Expected Publication: June 15, 2021 Publisher: Celadon Books  Genre: Mystery/Thriller  Pages: 352 pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  Mariana, a group therapist, comes to Cambridge University because one of her niece's Zoe friends is found murdered. Determined to figure out who the culprit is, she comes back to the university where she once attended to help. Mariana is very suspicious about a group of students called The Maidens. Although she is also very certain that the professor in charge of that group, Edward Fosca is the murderer. However the professor seems untouchable and always a step ahead of her and as more girls are found murdered her suspicion only grows even more! While things are spiralling out of control Mariana is determined more than ever to stop this killer even if she becomes one of his victims! I loved how the author included his first book in this one, he included Theo and I was really ...

Title: In Her Tracks  Author: Robert Dugoni Published: April 20, 2021  Published by: Thomas & Mercer Genre: Mystery  Pages: 340 Pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  Review:  Mr. Dugoni has done it once more! Tracy is finally going back to work after having her daughter and her boss has a trick up his sleeve. He gave her position to another detective so basically she is pushed into cold cases. So she dives into a cold case  where a little girl disappeared without a trace in a cornfield and also a case with Kinsington where a young woman vanished while she was jogging down a trail. Now both of these cases are connected by family secrets!  Now along with these cases she is also looking into two other cold cases where two prostitutes disappeared, somehow Tracy feels in their gut that they are related! Quickly Kins and Tracy have their eyes set on three brothers that they feel strongly that are related to the cases they have in hand but they just do n...