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Murder in Mayberry: Greed, Death and Mayhem in a Small Town
Murder in Mayberry Greed Death and Mayhem in a Small Town
Author: Jack Branson, Mary Kinney Branson
One visit to Madisonville, Kentucky, and you'd swear you'd stepped into the fictional town of Mayberry. It was a friendly and traditional churchgoing Southern community... — BUT EVERY TOWN AND EVERYONE HAS SECRETS.... — Crime never happened in a town like Madisonville, Kentucky. That's why the vicious slaughter of one of its beloved female citizen...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780425226322
ISBN-10: 0425226328
Publication Date: 3/3/2009
Pages: 320
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3.9 stars, based on 24 ratings
Publisher: Berkley
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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6 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a very interesting true crime story in which a grandmother is savagely murdered
in a crime of rage. The case itself and how the murderer is finally brought to justice
is very interesting, and different from most, due to the overkill of the victim.

However, I felt the book would have been more solid in another, more experienced, author's hands. Authors Mary Kinney Branson and Jack Branson were personally related to the victim and seemed to fill the book with too many personal details and characters that didn't affect the story in any way. The cast of characters seemed endless and required extra time for me to stop and mentally place who this individual was in the
overall picture. Perhaps, because it's a personal story to them, they didn't want to offend anyone that knew the victim, or leave out the tiniest detail.
Very distracting to the reader, though...

Good book - interesting case - but it requires more than the average patience to read.
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Enjoyed this since it actually occurred in my hometown!

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The book was an easy read. Could have been more in depth. Overall an interesting read.


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