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Title: it's got variety
Review: it's true that since the essays are by many different authors there is a great range in the quality of writing and the validity of the content. However, this is a Mammoth book and enough of the articles are excellent that I realy don't have any qualms recommending this book. Some of the sections are dry and some of the writers seem to have adopted the title of "Armchair Detective" but alot of it is just plain interesting and a good chunk of it is obscure.Highlights:The Obsession With the Black Dahlia (The Black Dahlia Murder)A Coincidence of Corpses (The Brighton Trunk Murders)Jack the Ripper (The Whitechapel Murders)Florence Maybrick (The Death of James Maybrick)however if you're looking for something a bit more constistantly awesome I recommendThe Cases That Haunt Usit's by and FBI profiler, so you know he's a bit better than an armchair detective.
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