Beyond Reason
The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder, a Brilliant, Beautiful Virginia Socialite, and a Deadly Psychotic Obsession

Aside from a third to a quarter of this book being about the two trials, this was a decent true crime account of a young woman who admitted to coercing her then-boyfriend to murder her parents. The author brings up more questions than he answers, and one that he kept coming back to (but not answering......more

Interesting telling of a true crime that I was unfamiliar with. I listened to the audiobook, and didn’t realize the date of publish, 1990, until I was about halfway through, and was really bothered by some of the commentary about events and details that was rather sexist and homophobic. As in, did h......more

I love true crime but this was a bit of a slog. Rambling and all over the place. The story of an elderly couple found dead in their home and police attempts to arrest their daughter and her boyfriend. Disappointing.......more

7 or 8/10. This was a really well written book. I was familiar with the case (I actually heard about the book on a podcast about the case) which definitely changed my thoughts on the book. It was a book that I literally could not put down. I happened to start the book on a day when I was sick and la......more

This book takes a deep dive into the case of Elizabeth Haysom. Elizabeth's father was a steel executive, and her mother was Nancy (Astor) Haysom, an artist. She attended boarding schools overseas, but returned to Virginia for college. While attending college, she met Jens Soring, the son of a German......more