Many thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books Citadel for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest true crime book by James Renner - 5 stars!
In 1990 in the upscale Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, 16-year-old Lisa Pruett is brutally murdered on the way to her boyfriend's house late at night. Her body is discovered just feet from the boy's home. Yet it is another boy, Kevin Young, who is eventually charged and prosecuted for the murder, even though there was no real evidence. Renner takes the reader through the trial and beyond, as the case affects the lives of so many and the community at large.
Since I lived in another Cleveland suburb at the time of Lisa's murder, I remember reading about the case in the Plain Dealer. But Renner shows the difference between what was reported and therefore what the casual observer believed, and what the true story was. He looks at the police's focus on Kevin to the exclusion of others, just because he was different. And Shaker Heights is different - well-to-do families closing rank and protecting their own. Highly recommended for those interested in true crime!
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