Being truly eager to read this book I tore into it like it was ice cream. However, I became disappointed after the first chapter.
Here is the 'product description' from Amazon:
Every neighbourhood has one ... a notorious "murder house" which was once the scene of a brutal and bloody crime. If the walls of number 25 Cromwell Street had ears, what horrifying acts would they have overheard during the occupancy of serial killers Fred and Rose West? Brutal torture sessions and grisly murders were a regular occurrence. Even after the evidence has been removed and the perpetrators imprisoned or executed, an aura of horror, fear and disgust can linger on for decades. Houses of Death provides an incredible insight into ordinary homes and institutional buildings that have played host to extraordinary events. It explores the infamous buildings, the murderers and victims who called them 'home', as well as the bizarre and bloody events that took place behind their closed doors.
Maybe I didn't read the description very well, but I not only expected a book that would give a report on what happened in an infamous house, but also report to the reader what is going on now in the house. I wanted to know what happened to the Tate mansion and what happened to the house on Wonderland in Laurel Canyon where a horrible murder occured.
The only thing I gleaned from this book is that the writer believes that Bugsy Siegel was killed in Las Vegas. He was, in reality, killed in Bevery Hills, California.
Anyone who reads true crime, or watches Discovery ID for a few hours will already know most of the information in this book. The only new cases, to me, where the few that were from the UK where the author lives.
Some of the cases covered are; Jeffrey Dahmer, the Tate murders, (completely ignoring the La Bianca murders), and H.H. Holmes. It also covers prisons such as Eastern State and Washington State Penitentiary.
This book has very little to offer a reader who enjoys this genre.
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