Thanks so much to NetGalley, Diversion Books, and Chelsia Rose Marcius for the opportunity to read and review this book.
While probably most of the country is familiar with the subjects of this book - two escaped convicts from a maximum security prison in Upstate New York - the telling of this story really pushed this into a great read. I was thoroughly impressed by the author - a New York Times columnist - and the drive to be as accurate as possible in the telling of this story. Where there were two conflicting stories from different sources, she stated that and didn't push the story one way or the other. It would have been so easy to write a different book, glomming onto the tale that the prison seamstress wanted her husband killed. Maybe yes, maybe no. But the facts were put out as they were known, period. The background into David Sweat was also interesting - not for excusing any of his behavior but just for clarity and understanding.
It certainly took me back to the weeks that these two criminals were on the loose. Living just a couple hours south in the southern foothills of the Adirondacks, a remember the constant media coverage and general fear that gripped this part of the country especially.
Bravo for a well-researched, well-written account!
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