Pure Murder (Pinnacle True Crime)

Corey Mitchell is one of my favorite true crime writers.

I have read other versions of this horrific murder story, but Corey gives much more depth to the story than previous versions. This was a brutal crime that should never have happened and was perpetrated by vicious uncaring criminals. They took innocent lives.

Excellent reading. I could not put the book down.

Corey Mitchell does such a fantastic job of telling the story of this heinous murder that you will cringe as if you were actually there witnessing it. After reading this book, I became obsessed with the individuals who had committed this crime and researched them on the internet. Some of them are no longer with us, their ultimate sentences carried out. One seemed to be truly remorseful and I somehow found that a little satisfying. It just made me wonder how people who commit these types of crimes can fall prey to such animal behavior. I am truly at a lost to understand that. The book doesn't provide any answers and does it's job of describing of the events as they happened in gory and precise detail. But you will definitely want to know more!

The pacing was superb for a true crime book. There was a great buildup of the people involved in the crime that seemed to truly try to show multiple views of the killers from childhood up till the conviction, which I appreciated. The crime itself was not told in an overly explicit or gory fashion, but didn't try to hide the horrific facts. As the story moved to the courtroom, the writer didn't forget to include the family and supporting people who still had a part in the story that was important to how the victims friends and families managed to make it through. This was a great read and the author should be proud of their great job telling a tragic tale.

There's not much to say about this book. As a Houston resident who was well-versed in the facts of this heinous case, I can assure you that this book is, at best, an instance of sloppy work. The sensationalism makes my blood boil, but there's no need to pop a fuse over such a minor effort.

This is the first book by Corey Mitchell I have ever read. Is is a very amazing writer. He made me feel like I was right there watching the whole thing. Although this is very well written, it is horrifying, and very sad. It also made me mad as hell! I think every parent should have their teenage children (especially girls) read this one. I am 42 years old and I don't think I have ever seen more evil than these five boys. They are sub-human if you ask me. I actually had to stop a few times in the book because I was so disturbed, it actually made me shake with rage at one point. My deepest regards goes out to the girls families. There is no words that could describe the loss and pain that they endured, and I felt their pain and loss right along with them as I read. I pray to god that they(the murders) all suffer and burn in the depts of hell! I also cursed out loud when I heard the low lifes slip thru some of the craks in our system.
I would just like to address one more thing pretainting to this book and that is to all you anti-death penalty people in the world you need to read this book before you get out there and march around with your signs. What if these girls were your daugters would you still be out there with your signs, I highly doubt it and if you did then to me, you really don't care about justice. As for me I will always believe in the death penalty with crimes as heinous as this one was. Read this book! It took me about 3 days to read. Its hard to put down!