From the back of the book- Murder Thy Neighbor: Ann Hoover is a nice woman, but she’s come to hate her neighbor. Roy Kirk moved in next door with plans to renovate. But as the weeks go by, his DIY construction turns to shambles and Roy himself becomes sullen and hostile. When Ann takes him to court, Roy’s retaliation will be shockingly gruesome.
Murder IRL: Jenelle Potter has always been better at connecting through social media than in person. With overprotective parents, she hasn’t had many options to meet people until she links up with Billy. But her feelings for Billy are unreciprocated, causing Jenelle to start a virtual war- a war that enters the real world.
Review- These are two very disturbing stories. The first story about two neighbors and the house they share was very chilling as it is so very easy to have a dispute with a neighbor. Patterson is respectful to the victim and the reader as he tones down the worse of the violence Hoover endured from her killer, Roy Kirk. It was a very frightening story. We get to see into what was going with Kirk and what may have driven him to kill.
The second story is so wild that I had to google it to make sure that I was getting everything. Jenelle and her family were odd and she was never allowed to experience life on her own and people died because of that. Janelle pulled all their strings from her family to the victims themselves were being controlled by her but in the end, Jenelle was caught. When the full scope of Janelle’s web of lies, it was truly impressive and very troubling. We see just how troubled Jenelle herself is.
I really enjoyed this new duology of true crime from Patterson. If you liked the previous ones he has written, then you should read this one.
I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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