Bluegrass : A True Story of Murder in Small-Town Kentucky by William Van Meter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a quick listen-read about a brutal, horrific college (WKU) campus crime. A woman is raped, beaten and burned to die later. Much like the classic [b:In Cold Blood|168642|In Cold Blood|Truman Capote|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327873309s/168642.jpg|1940709], this book gives us background, cultural-geographical context and then lingers long over the aftermath: trial, penal, survivors. The narrator, perhaps Southern himself, does a great job with the required dialect. I especially liked the lnegthy recreations of a couple of key police interviews and witness stand testimonies.
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