Divorce By Grand Canyon: 8 Riveting True Crime Stories
by Elizabeth Engstrom
Genre: Crime Thriller, Suspense
Christian Longo.
Jeremy Bryan Jones.
Joel Patrick Courtney.
Patrick Wayne Kearney.
Russell Obremski.
Robert Spangler.
Gabriel Morris.
Jeremy Bryan Jones.
Joel Patrick Courtney.
Patrick Wayne Kearney.
Russell Obremski.
Robert Spangler.
Gabriel Morris.
Killers all.
Veteran author Elizabeth Engstrom dives into the horrific stories of these seven serial killers, along with a glimpse into the maggoty world of forensic entomology. Why do these killers do what they do, how do they get away with it for so long, and what is their final undoing? Riveting true crime stories to make you lock your doors at night.
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My review: First off, I
love the cover illustration! Who hasn’t thought of pushing someone off a cliff?
That’s one way to get rid of someone.
In a
nutshell, these are crime tales (from the looks of it, they seemed to be based
on actual events, but I’m not too sure.) Stories are not really told in a
narrative sequence as traditionally seen; they read more like case files, which
was less amusing. However, the writing was pretty good and the cases can be
entertaining to readers of crime thrillers.
My rating: 3 stars
Elizabeth (Liz) Engstrom grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois (a Chicago suburb where she lived with her father) and Kaysville, Utah (north of Salt Lake City, where she lived with her mother). After graduating from high school in Illinois, she ventured west in a serious search for acceptable weather, eventually settling in Honolulu. She attended college and worked as an advertising copywriter.
After eight years on Oahu, she moved to Maui, found a business partner and opened an advertising agency. One husband, two children and five years later, she sold the agency to her partner and had enough seed money to try her hand at full time fiction writing, her lifelong dream. With the help of her mentor, science fiction great Theodore Sturgeon, When Darkness Loves Us was published.
Engstrom moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1986, where she lives with her husband Al Cratty, the legendary muskie fisherman, and their Duck Tolling Retriever, Jook. Liz holds a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing and a Master of Arts in Applied Theology, both from Marylhurst University. A recluse at heart, she still emerges into public occasionally to speak at a writers conference, or to teach a class on various aspects of writing the novel, essay, article or short story. An avid knitter and gardener, she is on faculty at the University of Phoenix and is always working on the next book.
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