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Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case by Charles Bosworth Jr., Charles Bosworth Jr., Joel J. Schwartz, Joel J. Schwartz
4.0

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Y'all.. This book was WILD. It reads like an episode of SVU or CSI. It's full of drama, missed leads, and wrongful convictions. I was completely along for the ride and absolutely invested in what was going to happen the whole time.

Ross Faria came home from game night one night and found his wife brutally murdered. He immediately called the police, distraught. Unfortunately it wasn't long before he was eyed as the major suspect. However, there was another suspect who didn't get any investigation despite her changing stories and complete lack of credibility-- Pam Hupp.

This is one of those cases where the police chose a suspect and then fit everything to that narrative. Despite having another suspect WAY more suspicious than Ross Faria. Hearing the whole story was just absolutely bananas and I definitely enjoyed my time listening to it.

My one complaint here is that I think it was a bit too long. It probably could have been shortened by at least an hour or so without losing the heart of the story or the smaller details that flesh out Ross' innocence and Pam's (obvious!!) guilt. I'm now SUPER looking forward to the upcoming limited series about this case, The Thing about Pam.

The narrator was good. Nothing special, nothing egregious.