Above Suspicion

Finished last night. I have now read both books and they were so different but I give more credit to Joe Sharkey than to Aphrodite Jones. Her only source seemed to be the sister of Susan, Shelby who has not even seen the 2 together (Mark with Susan) In her book it said that Mark had an affair with he......more

Mark Putnam is a rookie FBI Agent. A week after graduation he is sent to Pikeville, Kentucky for his first assignment. Pikeville is not anything like what he and his wife, Kathy, were expecting. We're talking mountain folk, drug rings, and lots of miscellaneous crimes. But all this is okay with Putna......more

Good lord, was the author this guy’s defense attorney or something? He ascribes noble motives and alleged thoughts of remorse to someone who beat to death a woman half his size, dumped her body, and lied about it. But it’s not really lying (according to the author) because the subject “finds himself......more

This is a compelling story, but the author takes unnecessary artistic liberties and the favoritism toward Putnam is astonishing. We are told repeatedly that Putnam is an abiding guy, led to believe that he is kind-hearted, and reminded again and again how he is wracked with guilt. This is the same m......more

Audiobook----------- Reading the Goodreads synopsis, you would think that this true crime story was in league with Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood". Not so-- hardly any crime-- and just flat out boring. I guess that there is a movie from this. Unless screen play is divergent from the book, it should o......more