Local author's talk on LB
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:55 pm
Monday night, I attended a church supper club where a local true crime writer, the author of (Queen City Gothic) presented a talk on Lizzie Borden. Unfortunately, I've forgotten his name.
Frankly, I've had little interest in the case until I heard his presentation. [He thinks she did the deed. His talk was factual and he has been to the house, photographing it extensively. Had he written a book on LB, I might well purchase it, but he hasn't. Yet. He may well write one in future, but it's only a yearning right now.] I did read a very strange novel on LB by Seanan McGuire, but the Lovecraftian element in this fantasy, while fun, was outrageous for anyone who really wants info on the real case. I'm wanting writing on the level of Bugliosi or Posner on the assassination of JFK--my two top books on that particular case, and the most convincing---or else the books on FBI profiling of true life criminals. The man I'm thinking of did at least three of these back in the late eighties or early nineties. His thoughts on the LB case might be informative---if he's published any, but again, I need his name.
Now, I'd just like to have some recommendations on which NON-fiction and FACT-based books I should start with as a complete amateur on the Borden case. Many thanks.
Frankly, I've had little interest in the case until I heard his presentation. [He thinks she did the deed. His talk was factual and he has been to the house, photographing it extensively. Had he written a book on LB, I might well purchase it, but he hasn't. Yet. He may well write one in future, but it's only a yearning right now.] I did read a very strange novel on LB by Seanan McGuire, but the Lovecraftian element in this fantasy, while fun, was outrageous for anyone who really wants info on the real case. I'm wanting writing on the level of Bugliosi or Posner on the assassination of JFK--my two top books on that particular case, and the most convincing---or else the books on FBI profiling of true life criminals. The man I'm thinking of did at least three of these back in the late eighties or early nineties. His thoughts on the LB case might be informative---if he's published any, but again, I need his name.
Now, I'd just like to have some recommendations on which NON-fiction and FACT-based books I should start with as a complete amateur on the Borden case. Many thanks.