Leaves A Lot To Be Desired
Review by Kim Cantrell
Plus side: Deadfall is written with few misspellings or grammatical errors.
But that’s all I’ve got in the way of positive things to say about this true crime book from Robert Scott.
Despite Scott’s history of true crime writing, I found that many things included in this book were simply not explained; and whether he noted it was because police or other entities lacked the answers or Scott just outright didn’t provide an explanation, most of those notations were not necessary anyway.
The first half of Deadfall covers the condensed version of the killer’s crimes, trial and sentence. The second half of the book details the struggle of victims’ sisters searching for justice with the help Investigator Harris.
Readers are made privy to numerous email exchanges, strange occurences, and political power plays. (Ugh! Boring!)
However, as evidence becomes available to try John Annibel (the suspect of many murders and convicted murder of one) for twenty-five year old murder of his live-in girlfriend Andrea DeLaRoute, the book simply ends.
It left me wondering: (1) Was he tried? Convicted? Sentenced? re: DeLaRoute; (2) What about the case of Sherry Lynn Smith?; (3) What about the Georgina Pecharo case? Too many questions, too little answers.
Ok, let me retract my first statement about having only one positive thing to say. There is a second: Deadfall is suspenseful. But, since you’re left hanging without answers, is it really a plus after all?
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