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After being disappointed by my last #TrueCrime listen, I thought I‘d give this one a try- vaguely familiar with the string of murders after watching some coverage years ago. Unfortunately, the dry and unstructured presentation made me wish that I had more than a passing familiarity with the victims and local key players going in—it‘s a quick listen but one that reveals a sad story of an area in economic decline, offering no resolution to the case.

And that‘s a wrap! #BookSpinBingo

Starting my LAST #bookspinbingo pick!

Brown starts describing why he felt these cases deserved more attention. The victims were sex workers, who often aren‘t shown sympathetically and were taken advantage of by those who should be protecting them. We talk about the impact true crime genre has on families but he wants to get them justice, works to show them respect & only shows negatively the corrupt PD. But WOW is this graphic.
#20in4 #spookoween #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #31by31

Ended up with 3 lines #OctoberBookBingo @rachelsbrittain
👻 #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Bought this when I was I'm NOLA earlier this year, but haven't read it yet. #scarathlondailyprompts #murder @Clwojick

I wanted to like this book so badly! I kept trying "one more chapter". It's been years since I haven't finished reading a book.

Next on the #tbr list! #truecrime

An important piece of journalism that exposes systemic police corruption in Louisiana. The ending however, felt comparably abrupt. Likewise, Brown devotes a great deal of ink to his own theories and to rebuttals and defence of his reporting against local news outlets. (True, this points to how far-reaching this corruption is, but it muddied the focus). I would have appreciated more on the women of the Jeff Davis 8 at the centre of the case.

Over the course of 4 years, 8 sex workers, all well known to one another, were killed in Jeff Davis Parish in Louisiana. Brown makes the case that these murders are connected and unsolved due to police corruption and possible collusion. I‘m not entirely convinced by his arguments, though there‘s clearly something wrong in this place. Also, his book reads like a large information dump rather than a smooth narrative. Not well executed. #doublespin

A chilling story of the death and coverup of at least 8 people in a remote part of Louisiana. It appears to be at best, an inept and unconcerned police force because the worse interpretation of this story is a massive, statewide police coverup. #audiobook

A little light reading during lunch #murder 😂😂

Checking out my new read #JacktheDorkie

While this is not a bad book, it's not my normal genre so I had a hard time with it. But, it is a well written piece of investigative journalism on a series of murders and police corruption.

Murder in The Bayou is due back and I'm only halfway through. 😦

Ethan Brown signing his book for us during Tennessee Williams Festival. #TWF17

I'm at the hair salon this morning, getting ready to start this one. Hopefully I make it back home before the rain comes.

I thought it was okay. It was all over the place, which was annoying. I also wish we learned more about the women themselves, not just about their murder. Brown just gave the bare minimum about them. I mostly wanted to read this book, because I wanted to hear more of the women.

Ethan Brown reading from his book.