In this latest release from Sheila Johnson, readers are introduced to Jeremy Bryan Jones: a young, southern drifter who claims to have killed numerous people all across the southern states. Yet, as of today, he remains convicted of only one murder and charged with two others. Many of the crimes he confessed to just couldn’t be linked to him for a variety of reasons.
This is a well written account of Jones’ crimes. Unfortunately, Johnson provided hardly any detail about his childhood, which, to true crime readers, can be a very important part of the book. Johnson plainly states that she didn’t intend to make this a story of his life and therefore didn’t go back to Jones’ roots and ask the all important questions. For me, this was a major disappointment.
And, as journalist turned book writers are prone to do, Johnson repeats many of the details over and over. I found myself skimming through the repeats as well as lesson on Meth found later in the book.
Overall, Blood Lust is a good read. I would recommend it to those who enjoy the true crime genre.
