A Killing in Iowa (2011) (edit title/settings)

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Vinton, Iowa, is not just a place where people live; it's a place where people "stay, sometimes for so long that farmers throw parties when a family reaches its centennial on a plot of land." So when Scott Johnson kills, it rocks the whole community. We all hear about homicides, serial killings, and murder-suicides, but who among us knows a killer, plays with him, watches our mother's heart-rending break-ups with him, or goes to sleep one night while he crashes on the couch in the next room, just hours before committing the deed? Rachel Corbett for one, and 18 years after Johnson's gruesome act, she embarks on a search for details she had never been told, for the child survivor of the victim, and for the deeper meaning of a murder that could easily have occurred under her own roof. Written with passion and compassion, A Killing in Iowa is a one-of-a-kind memoir that chronicles an unfortunately common occurrence of domestic violence from an utterly unique perspective. --Jason Kirk (Twitter: @brasswax)”

  Jason Kirk wrote this review Sunday, May 27, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Short story. True. Of a murder/suicide. Sin never was happiness.”

  Linda wrote this review Monday, May 14, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “This was my first experience with a "Kindle Single" and I cannot say I was impressed. Perhaps I do not fall into the target audience. After finishing this book I felt like the story was unfinished. If I could give this book a rating it would be 2 1/2 stars. It was just "okay". A Killing in Iowa is a short memoir of some of the events that shaped Rachel Corbett's life. If nothing else, it was well written.”

  Coryann wrote this review Tuesday, March 20, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No