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In His Garden: The Anatomy of a Murderer (The Cape Cod Murders)

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Damore's book is a scintillating read. It captures the time and the essence of Cape Cod in the late sixties, and delves into the mind of a speed freak with serious "issues."

When you finish reading this book .. your left wondering if Tony was the "only" one involved in these murders...I don't think so!

I've read In His Garden well over 10 times! Each time I closed the book feeling there had to been someone helping Tony with the murdering of those girls. I don't think he did it alone. The book was very informative, pictures were a great to familar me with the area of what I was reading about. I will probably read it again next winter! I have referred this book to several of my friends who still search book stores for it. I won't lend mine to anyone. It's too great of an addition to my library.

Readers of this book will appreciate the enormous amount of research by the author evident in this scrupulously detailed account of this unspeakable crime. The characters are developed and the tension builds in a manner of a top fictional thriller - but these events and the characters depicted are real. The chapters are short creating a tempo where the plot thickens and the tension builds. Keep in mind the zeitgest of the time - this was the late 1960's; the Manson murders had happeneded the summer previous but had yet to be solved. A page turner!

I bought this book based on a friend's recommendation. I should say I live on Cape Cod where this all took place. This is a good, fast reading book. I would recommend.

This book was extremly detailed and graphic.being a cape codder i could not believe there was such horrid crimes being commited The book was soo interesting. I spent many late nights reading it. I even went to the sights they talk about in the book.The book was very informative and very factual.It named the actual places and raods and people on the cape.My only wish is that they talked more about all the other girls that were murdered. There were far more than thirty and only a few were really discussed.

I found this book to be way too long (701 pages) with very little information. He wrote about 4 murders but didn't bother with information on 2 of them. It also was a little boring. It should have been way shorter but more informative. not worth reading.