It’s not easy to write a book featuring serial killer and not making them a sort of anti-hero, it’s not easy to write a book featuring terrible crimes and keeping the descriptions light and respectful of the victims.
Rebecca Griffiths wrote a book respectful of the victims and represented the killers without idealizing them.
I didn’t know about the Moors Murders before reading this book and read about them on Wikipedia.
Robert Ressler, one of the most important FBI profilers, talks about the fascination serial killers hold for us but Rachel Griffiths was able to describe them and make them as shallow and dangerous as they should have been in real life.
The fictional characters, Robert above all, are well developed and you can feel their feeling and hope for the best.
The plot is fast paced and kept my attention as turned pages as fast as I could.
It’s well written and riveting book that delivers a tragic story without being sensationalist or morbid.
Recommended.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine