If you’re a fan of Truman Capote, you will enjoy “We Were Killers Once
Like the now classic Truman Capote’s novel “In Cold Blood,” “We Were Killers Once
In this alternative look at the case, Becky Masterman proposes that there was a third killer and he would do everything and anything so that he would not be caught! Told in two POVs, the story is a fast-paced slow burn thriller. You can’t turn the page fast enough, but the characters will make their next move when they are ready.
This is the fourth book in the Brigid Quinn series, but this is the first one that I have read. I did not feel lost though. Brigid and her husband Carlo were three-dimensional even to me who just met them the first time. Even Beaufort, the antagonist was fleshed out.
A good read, “We Were Killers Once
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We Were Killers Once
Summary
If you’re a fan of Truman Capote, you will enjoy “We Were Killers Once.” If you enjoy police procedurals, then this book a must-read because author Becky Masterman takes you hook, line and sinker on the first page. And you won’t let go until you are on the last page.
Title: We Were Killers Once: A Thriller (Brigid Quinn Series)
Author: Becky Masterman
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: General Fiction (Adult)
Pub Date 04 Jun 2019
Description
“Former FBI agent Brigid Quinn, with her trademark toughness, raw humor, and human frailty, is back and better than ever in Masterman’s latest novel. As Quinn is drawn into an infamous cold case with a possible link to the two killers immortalized by Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, she finds danger closing in. A gripping premise, brilliantly executed—you won’t be able to put this one down!”—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
In 1959, a family of four were brutally murdered in Holcomb, Kansas. Perry Smith and Dick Hickok were convicted and executed for the crime, and the murders and their investigation and solution became the subject of Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood. But what if there was a third killer, who remained unknown? What if there was another family, also murdered, who crossed paths with this band of killers, though their murder remains unsolved? And what if Dick Hickok left a written confession, explaining everything?
Retired FBI agent Brigid Quinn and her husband Carlo, a former priest and university professor, are trying to enjoy each other in this new stage in their lives. But a memento from Carlo’s days as a prison chaplain–a handwritten document hidden away undetected in a box of Carlo’s old things–has become a target for a man on the run from his past. Jerry Beaufort has just been released from prison after decades behind bars, and though he’d like to get on with living the rest of his life, he knows that somewhere there is a written record of the time he spent with two killers in 1959. Following the path of this letter will bring Jerry into contact with the last person he’ll see as a threat: Brigid Quinn.
Becky Masterman’s unputdownable thrillers featuring unique heroine Brigid Quinn continue with this fascinating alternative look at one of America’s most famous crimes.
Image credits: Clutter home in 2009 in Holcomb, Kansas photo from Wikipedia; Stargazer photo from Wikipedia; Notes photo by Pexels from Pixabay.
