Bizarre case

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I've read many true crime books over the years and of course a huge percentage of those books were written by Ann Rule. Leslie Rule is Ann's daughter and has written several novels but A Tangled Web is her first time tackling a true crime book.

In 2012, single mother Cari Lea Farver was reported missing by her mother. Dave Kroupa however believed Cari was stalking him and the woman he occasionally hooked up with, Shanna "Liz" Golyar. Dave and Liz received thousands of harassing texts and emails from Cari long after she disappeared. And then things started to get even more weird, but thankfully law enforcement were finally able to piece everything together.

I received a free advance copy from the publisher and it was the author's wishes that reviewers not spoil too much about this case for future readers so that's why I was a bit vague in my synopsis and why I'm not going to go into much detail about the book. To me what was interesting and the author even brought it up, is on the outside looking in everything seemed so obvious but yet it took years for things to come to light. But you have to be mindful of the fact there are numerous reasons why this wasn't an open and shut case from the beginning. Definitely a bizarre case.

This wasn't my favorite true crime book I have ever read because at times I thought the writing dragged on a bit. Perhaps this case would have been better featured as part of a collection of cases as my interest did start to wane after awhile. I thought the in-depth descriptions about Facebook weren't necessary because at this point who doesn't understand how Facebook works? I do wish the conclusion didn't feel so rushed. It was like there was so much build up and then the book just kinda ends on a lackluster note.

This by no means is a bad book, but unfortunately it just didn't hit the absolutely gripping mark for me.