I can't admit to having read this book, because I haven't. 

They say everything is bigger in Texas and that also seems to apply to legal blunders. 

On the night of Friday April 1st, 1898...

In 1964 Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death

There is no doubt there is a fascination we have with understanding the working minds of murderers, killers and especially serial killers.

The kidnapping of J. Paul Getty III in 1973 made international headlines.  

Ahh, there's nothing better than settling in for the day with a new book by a favourite author. And that's how I spent a recent Sunday -  on the couch beneath a sunny window enjoying the latest adventures of Alan Bradley's eleven year old sleuth - Flavia de Luce. Speaking From Among the Bones is the fifth book in this absolutely delightful series.