In We Thought We Knew You, M. William Phelps tells the true story of the poisoning of a small town doctor and the nefarious unsub who did it.
The book is easy to read. It's broken down in short chapters and uses normal, everyday language making it easier for anyone to understand. The time lime is a bit confusing in the first two thirds and several times leads to the repeat of the same info. Regardless, it's easy to get into the book's rhythm and keeps you reading.
The case itself is about the poisoning case of Mary Yoder and her death by her son's ex girlfriend. The case itself is rather interesting as pretty much everyone involved had a variety of issues. The widow who hooks up with the deceased's sister, the son with mental issues, the narcissistic ex girlfriend who worked for the victim. The circumstantial evidence leads the read to the same conclusion as the author. But the case itself isn't strong. There is no hard proof of how it was done, just a good guess, and a motive that didn't jive with the information provided of the unsub.
The biggest issue is that there is zero objectivity. And the author doesn't care if there is are not. In the epilogue, Phelps admits his bias is and that it didn't matter to them. Also in the epilogue, it is also stated that the perpetrator would not speak with the author but with the attitude Phelps holds, I wouldn't have spoken to him either.
We Thought We Knew You is an easy true crime read that spurred me to look more into the case.
The book is easy to read. It's broken down in short chapters and uses normal, everyday language making it easier for anyone to understand. The time lime is a bit confusing in the first two thirds and several times leads to the repeat of the same info. Regardless, it's easy to get into the book's rhythm and keeps you reading.
The case itself is about the poisoning case of Mary Yoder and her death by her son's ex girlfriend. The case itself is rather interesting as pretty much everyone involved had a variety of issues. The widow who hooks up with the deceased's sister, the son with mental issues, the narcissistic ex girlfriend who worked for the victim. The circumstantial evidence leads the read to the same conclusion as the author. But the case itself isn't strong. There is no hard proof of how it was done, just a good guess, and a motive that didn't jive with the information provided of the unsub.
The biggest issue is that there is zero objectivity. And the author doesn't care if there is are not. In the epilogue, Phelps admits his bias is and that it didn't matter to them. Also in the epilogue, it is also stated that the perpetrator would not speak with the author but with the attitude Phelps holds, I wouldn't have spoken to him either.
We Thought We Knew You is an easy true crime read that spurred me to look more into the case.