Star Wormwood by Curtis BokMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wow, I am surprised this is not a true crime classic revered like The Boston Strangler. I was unable to fund anything on it online outside of period newspaper/newsletter reviews of the first publication. In it, a judge review the horrid Depression-era crime of starved and friendless Roger Haike (not his real name) and the aftermath and execution. He uses this post-Leopold and Loeb case as an indictment of capital punishment in general. It reads in a very modern, unrestrained voice. I would love to read a modern investigation of the facts, context, and aftermath of this case. (Bok did not preside at the case he reviews.)
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