this book is detailed- at some points, boringly detailed (i promise we do not need the full names of EVERY person working on this case). i decided to check out this book after it was linked in the show notes of Morbid (a true crime podcast) as a source from which they pulled information from. the hosts recommended it highly, and so i gave it a chance. i think in total, this book is just average. the writing isn’t anything to write home about (hah!) but it gets the job done and tells the story. however, i enjoyed the experience of listening to Morbid’s episode about this case much more. i do think the entirety of Hoffman’s confession letter is worth reading, and the photos at the back of the book are some i’ve never seen before, so that was nice (i read the online version, not sure if these are in the physical copies). but overall, there’s not much here that you can’t find elsewhere.