Murder in the Heartland Audiobook (Unabridged)

" The book was given to me by my neighbor who runs the library's used book store. I'm drawn to true crime accounts, always wondering what posses people to carry out their outlandish acts. Basically, mental illness! Lisa Montgomery managed to track down and befriend a pregnant woman long enough to strangle her and remove her eight month old fetus. Then convince her own family it was her baby and parade it around town. So out of this world unbelievable, yet true. By the end of the account, I was so disgusted by the perpetrator and the other dysfunctional family members that I skimmed to the end. The many marriages, divorces, moves, infidelities, and lies make your head spin. "

" Very well written and it really takes you into the lives of many families in the heartland of america and how they cope with an event of catastrophic proportions. It is also has a good lok at the consequences of bad parenting. "

" I was fascinated and saddened when this tragedy happened in 2004, right before Christmas. Bobbie Jo was so adorable and looked as if she could have been a friend of mine, and I was devastated for her family. This book did a good job of portraying Bobbie Jo in the way I imagined she was, but I didn't like the heavy focus on the killer Lisa Montgomery and her dysfunctional upbringing and life. I don't feel she deserved the attention or even the understanding this book seemed to extend to her. I feel badly for Lisa's 4 children, they didn't deserve this any more than Zeb Stinnett deserved to lose his wife or Baby Victoria to never know her mother. Victoria Stinnett is now 6 years old and I pray she has a happy life. I applaud Zeb for keeping Tori out of the public eye. "

" This was a good book, but I didn't enjoy it as much as "Too Young to Kill". I remembering hearing about this murder and found reading the story behind it very interesting. This one seemed to have more back and forth about the people involved and their lives before and after the murder which made it more confusing and harder to follow. Still, an interesting, unbelievable story. "

" True story. Well done document of story. After done with story read online to find what happened after book published "

" Unsettling true crime tome. Wandered a bit. "

" Phelps is a good writer in this genre; I've seen a reviewer mention that the story focuses too intently on Lisa's ex-husband, but he is the author's principal source of information, without whom he could never have written the book. "

" Gruesome crime; book was a little slow. "

" I picked this book up at the library, not realizing that the trial was currently going on. I enjoyed the book, but wish that there would have been more background on the woman who was killed and her family. "

" Good book, but it read a bit like a report. "

" True life story of a horrific murder involving the murder of a pregnant woman in order to obtain a newborn. Phelps does a detailed account of the events. However what would be of more interest would be a more detailed psychological portrait of the perpetrator. "

" another vacation read...too long and a bit confusing jumping around but interesting. "

" Disturbing!- such a scary thought that this actually happened! The story of this women's murder and kidnapping of her baby cut from her womb is so tragic. I cried for her more than once while reading this book. "

" Love M. William Phelps' books! "

" Call my interest in this book "morbid facsination." I find the writing often going in circles and spending a lot of time doing so. I've read several books in this genre, and this one I find to be pretty disturbing. So many questions, and very few answers, but cases like this tend to be that way. "

" Hard book to read because it wasn't very interesting but I didn't want to abandon it either. This woman was bat shit crazy! "

" This was a creepy story. I didn't like how they drug on about the ex husband... I feel like the ex husband felt it was his moment in the spotlight and he was trying to make a buck off of a murder the mother of his children committed. I was interesting though. "

" Gruesome crime; book was a little slow. "

" Phelps is a good writer in this genre; I've seen a reviewer mention that the story focuses too intently on Lisa's ex-husband, but he is the author's principal source of information, without whom he could never have written the book. "

" This was a hard book to read because I actually knew some of the people in the book...its a good book if you like real life crime stories. "

" This was a creepy story. I didn't like how they drug on about the ex husband... I feel like the ex husband felt it was his moment in the spotlight and he was trying to make a buck off of a murder the mother of his children committed. I was interesting though. "

" True life story of a horrific murder involving the murder of a pregnant woman in order to obtain a newborn. Phelps does a detailed account of the events. However what would be of more interest would be a more detailed psychological portrait of the perpetrator. "