My review of Burned by Jana Cone

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Author Message   Joyce Scarbrough Hsympothai Member Post Number: 313 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 09:59 am:    I read my first true-crime book as a teenager, and it was a hard act to follow--Helter Skelter. I can honestly say that Burned lived up to all my lofty expectations. Jana Cone gives her readers just the right blend of a finely detailed factual account of the crime, investigation, and trial, combined with an intimate look at the lives and histories of all the key players in the case. And since Ms. Cone is from Georgia herself, I didn't have to suffer through the stereotypical caricatures Southerners so often become in the hands of journalists not lucky enough to be born south of the Mason-Dixon line. My only complaint is that I didn't like the ending, but since this is a true story, that's not the author's fault. Jana Cone is definitely one of those authors whose next books I will eagerly await and buy as soon as they're available. Next up: Upon the Shoulders of Vengeance by James McCann. Toyce True Blue Forever Read the first chapter at http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1 See the hunk at http://www.southernbelleauthor.com/joycepersonalpage Read my interview at http://www.yabookscentral.com/cfusion/index.cfm?fuseAction=authors.interview&interview_id=44