Safe Harbor by Brian McDonald
While this is one more story of a good girl who meets a bad boy that results in her death because of his alcoholism and resulting obsessions and violent tendencies, this book does offer something a little different in that we get a clear, concise mental view of the areas of which the victim and accused resided and frequented; specifically, Nantucket and Manhattan.
I enjoyed the way Safe Harbor was organized.
A couple of chapters are detailing the life of the victim, Beth Lochtefeld, then it switches and the next chapters will relate what is known about the life of the accused, Tom Toolan.
This pattern continues throughout the book until the last section. By doing so, it easily entwines the life of two people who, in the end, will forever be entwined; so to speak.
The disappointing factor of this book, however, was that it was completed before the accused stands trial. In my personal opinion, you cannot write a true crime unless you have the ending. I’ll even accept it before appeals are filed and/or completed.
Now we are left to wonder what will become of Tom Toolan. Thanks to the author’s numerous references to Beth’s Memorial website (where he seems to have obtained the majority of his information), we know where to go for updates.
