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AugustAndrew Borden and his wife were savagely murdered by having their heads repeatedly smashed with a hatchet or axe.
Their cold daughter Lizzie was famously accused, arrested and tried for the crime on a suspicion that she was afraid her father was going to will too much of his wealth to her stepmother whom she disliked, but Lizzie was acquitted and no one else was ever arrested for the crime.
Many aspects of the crime remain puzzling to this day, such as the lack of blood splatter even though the heads of the victims were pounded to near pulp several unidentfied men lurking in the area if Lizzie did do it, how did she possibly clean herself up in the short time between the murders and their discovery if she didn't do it, who else would and could have and why

This book is not professionally written.
The author is not a professional writer and clearly didn't work much with an editor, The writing is often choppy, remarks are inserted that are not explained, tenses are sometimes wrong dialog invented and strange musings aired.
But it reads like exactly what it is a local resident who long heard of the murders, did some investigation of his own, and came up with his own ideas.
Despite the bad writing, I found the book to read just like a conversation you might have with a local about the long ago crime, and I found it hard to put the book down!

Despite its shortcomings the author does a good job of explaining the crime, putting forth the evidence, and depicting what happened.
At the end though, I simply could not buy his story of a local government/local courts conspiracy in the case to acquit Lizzie nor could I accept his conclusion that an unknown illegitimate child of Mr.
Borden who had mental problems actually did the killings,

I could not accept the author's ideas because it just doesn't seem like Lizzie was well enough known or regarded that judges, lawyers, the mayor and a former Governor would go to such trouble to protect her by creating such a conspiracy.
It is also not convincing that if a mentally ill illegitimate half brother did this that Lizzie would seek to protect him.
If anything, the exposure that a monstrous mentally ill illegitimate child had done this it might have made the community feel sorry for Lizzie and her sister rather than ostracize them!

Despite its peculiar writing style, lack of polish and unconvincing theory, I still enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot about this horrible crime.
It just seems doubtful that more thanyears later the truth will ever be known, I abs loved the book! So exited, it gives you chills, I could barely leave it, always kept coming back to it, wanting to know more.
Amazing, definitely one of my favorite !! With above I've always been interested in the Lizzie Borden story so I was glad when I came across this book.
It's the first I've read on the subject, The author takes a lot of information and testimony and attempts to

present it in a logical manner, One can't help but be somewhat confused, The writing is dry and boring, which is the fault of the author, not the information being presented, As other reviewers have pointed out, the socalled guilty party isn't revealed until the end, this results in some beating around the bush, which doesn't improve the story line.
If the murderer's identity was revealed sooner and if the author were a better writer, this book would've been top notch.
The author is not a pro and his writing can be difficult to follow, However, he has come to a very interesting conclusion on the actual murderer of the Bordens, He bases his theory on new info her lawyers notes that have not been available before and a story told by someone that had information not given to the police.
And of course, he has all the info available to other authors,

Anyone interested in the Borden murders should read this book, Brown was the hardest author to keep up with, He talked and introduced evidence in circles, He would be talking about one thing and then introduce a new concept all of the sudden, but then go back to what he was talking about as if by saying, "Keep this in mind for future reference," was going to make it alright.
I did, however, like the way he limited the drama and flowery language that current biographies of today have a habit of doing.
When I read a biography I want the facts, not one person's view on what may or may not have been said or done for the sake of drama.
"Just the facts, Ma'am. " For some reason I am fascinated by real life mysterymurder books, This one was no exception, The last half of the book I couldn't put it down because I really wanted to see how all of the clues came together.
The author sets out to prove to you that Lizzie Borden did not murder her father and stepmother, which contradicts the famous legend.
Read it and decide for yourself whether she did it or not, I don't know anyone who's heard of the Borden murders without being a little fascinated with the creepiness of them.
The whole scenario is intriguing and not a little creepy, Brown claims to have found new evidence and details his theories and explanations here, While his ideas are interesting, his writing style is not, He decides not to reveal the name of the actual murderer until the final chapters, while trying to highlight the relevant evidence throughout the rest of the book.
But he does not lead us deftly enough through the evidencegathering, so we just end up confused and somewhat bored.
By the time I got to the big reveal, I didn't even care anymore, He took a grisly, horrifying double murder and somehow turned it into the driest of crime dramas, It's a shame, too, because the story has great potential for intrigue, I'd like to see someone take his premise and write it in a more interesting way, Maybe it's already been done I didn't really look into it, I even think there's biopic potential there if done right, This book was brilliantly written, as the author traces the events surrounding the crime and the court proceedings with suspense as well as historical accuracy.
The theory he puts forth as to who committed the crimes and why is different from any other that I have read and I've read tons on this topic.
I find it the most plausible of all the theories that are out there, This book was so engrossing, I read it again a year later! If you're into true crime or Lizzie Borden theories, don't miss this book! I've been fascinated with Lizzie's story ever since I was a kid and saw theTV movie with Elizabeth Montgomery.
I didn't remember much from the movie other than the song, "Lizzie Borden took an axe, . . ", well you know it. Anyway, this is the first book I've read on the subject and it was fascinating from beginning to end.
As another reviewer mentioned, there's no flowery pose a good thing and the author introduces new evidence or facts in a sometimes confusing manner not so great.
But I can imagine that trying to cram all the facts and evidence from one of the most famous murders of the lastyears can't be an easy task.
Not to mention that the author had the added advantage of source material that wasn't released at the time many of the previous books were written.
Mr. Brown brings all the participants to life in page after page of what is one of the truly strangest stories in history.
You'd swear you are reading a fictional story, created from the mind one of the great crime writers, But when you stop and think that all these events really happened justyears ago, it kind of boggles the mind.
I shouldn't make up my mind about Lizzie's guilt or innocence from the writings of just one author on the subject, but Brown makes a compelling case that she didn't do it and a compelling case at the end of the book for who he thinks DID do it.
At the very least, there is WAY too much reasonable doubt about Lizzie's guilt that even if the trial wasn't rigged worse than OJ's that she would have been acquitted anyway.
So if you're a fan of murder mysteries, and it doesn't bother you to read a story of a case that will never be truly solved.
. . give this one a shot, I will probably be reading some of the other books on the case soon, so I'll see how they stack up to this one.
It started off decently. And then started getting into shadow governments and conspiracies, and "coded" statements that only the author seemed to be able to properly understand.
When it got to the point about/in where it stated claiming that Lizzy was a willing player in the conspiracy and that she agreed to take the fall, I decided that the book was beyond stretching credulity, was trying too hard, and tossed it aside.


Oddly enough, much of the evidence he sites for conspiracy in reality builds a stronger and more damning case against Lizzy and I believe now, more than ever, that she was responsible.
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