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I didn't know rather to pan this or so-so it. I ended up with a so-so, solely based on the beginning and last part. The middle really drug for me.

But, I got one book done for the #Mskoolreadathon

I feel like I am not making any progress with this book. Yesterday, I was so busy. Planning today, after church, to do nothing but read☺️📚☺️

The iron door of the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet groaned open and spat a haggard-looking man into the world he had left almost a decade earlier.

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Got another Libby book in that I have had on hold for a while. Starting this afternoon. I love True Crime books. Hopefully, I won't be disappointed.

1. My parents and grandparents. They all read.

2. The above book is on my borrow list from Libby (less than 2 week wait). Author I have to read no matter what is Jeffrey Deaver, Megan Miranda, and Allen Jacobson, plus many more.

3. Nope. Just read whatever I want.

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Does anyone else get excited when you see your hometown in a book? I do ! This one took me by surprise though! This is a true crime story set in the late 1800s that I never heard of before and never thought my town would be connected...if anyone loves Victorian true crime this book is for you.

This will probably be my last book for 2021. I've never heard of Dr. Cream, but his story is as horrifying and tragic as the more famous tale of Jack the Ripper. Poison was Dr. Cream's weapon of choice, and he preceded to kill at least nine women in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. 4 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️ 1/2

The iron door of the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet groaned open and spat a haggard-looking man into the world he had left almost a decade earlier.

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It's interesting with the book you just finished(The Art of English Murder) and the one you just started mention the same thing. Detective Fever was a thing for the Victorians who were fascinated by murder and solving the crimes.

I really liked this book. It was well written and an easy read.
This so called Dr. was scary and got away with murder because of so many mistakes made by Scotland Yard.
He reminded me of Jack the Ripper. I wonder if he looked up to Jack the Ripper, as Dr. Cream's victims were similar to The Ripper's victims.
I highly recommend this book

It‘s not really a hunt, more like an anthology of his life and crimes. But still, I had never heard about Dr Cream before and loved the writing style.
#truecrime #serialkiller #victoriankiller

Another truth is stranger than fiction book that also takes place in Illinois. 🤔 Dr. Thomas Neill Cream is a medical doctor with an impressive knowledge of poisons. He also seems to have an enthusiastic appetite for prostitutes. From Canada to the US to England, everywhere Dr. Cream goes, dead bodies follow. I really enjoyed the story and the author's attention to detail. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

In the late 1800s, Dr Thomas Cream murdered people, mainly women and mainly by poisoning, successively in Canada, the US, and England. This book tells the story of his crimes and his fate. It‘s told in a nonlinear fashion, which is a little odd, but it didn‘t diminish my enjoyment of the tale and it was easy to follow.

An entertaining enough listen from when I was in a bit of a slump (at this point I think the heat is driving a lot of it.) It sometimes felt like it lacked narrative propulsion but was very interesting. And somehow we still managed to show up in Chicago for a bit.

A narrative non-fiction regarding Dr.Cream and his inclination towards murder. The subject of the book was interesting and I was surprised I had never heard of him before. But the structure of the book was a bit confusing and I found myself losing steam halfway through. It‘s not told in chronological order,instead jumping around through Cream‘s life. If the story hadn‘t done that,I might have enjoyed it more. @TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo

I thought I'd love this combination of history and true crime, but the story structure just didn't work for me at all. Have seen other good reviews of this, so maybe it was just me! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #arc

Full review at: https://erinkonrad.com/2021/07/17/the-case-of-the-murderous-dr-cream-book-review...

This looks like a very interesting book! https://apple.news/AZ_FQemv0THOjyWtkFWvDQA

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This #NonFiction read caught my attention right away- & I really didn‘t expect a local connection- my mother recently moved to Belvidere where Dr. Cream was first convicted of murder! Narrative nonfiction that reads with all the fast pacing of fiction, this is a fascinating historical true crime that reveals the many advantages the criminal mind had-& how his own ego & greed allowed justice to eventually prevail… Thanks to @AlgonquinBooks !

This book has a blurb by Louise Penny:

“A tour de force of storytelling. One of the best books I‘ve read this year. Dean Jobb breathes new life into Cream's victims—who they were, where and how they lived—all the while blending in thorny issues of policing, of the fictional detectives being created, of the other serial killers on the loose. This book is both chilling and thrilling.” —Louise Penny