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up in Colorado Springs, neigh being a native, I was aware off and on, of the cases that Joe Kenda writes about in Killer Triggers.
But the enigmatic detective was only on my radar when ID network came to be, and the Kenda Homicide Hunter TV show began airing.
Also being a fan if his TV show I was eager to read a straight up book by him,

I found every story to be written exactly in the matteroffact way he presents on the show, I enjoyed his first hand take on witness interviews and with every case tried to recall if I had any memories the media reports.
I could hear his voice in my head the entire time, I would imagine this in audio format would be great, but the tone of the storytelling is just as in the TV show

His inner thoughts, the musings he contemplated while investigating the multitude of scenes he managed.
He's very aware of his detectives and holds them to high standards, It's clear he's recounting investigative notes or perhaps he maintained a journal as the details are unscrupulous, He explains procedures and training delivering bad news and sometimes the lack of, the resources available for investigating, etc,

The range of cases he presents made me aware that the making detective grade is more about the person, on the whole, and for Kenda, the reason he's gone on to success in TV.
I first learned of his celebrity status years ago while participating in the Marriott happy hour in Houston, I traveled there for work and in a moment of sharing a table with strangers and discussing where we were all from.
When I mentioned my hometown as Colorado Springs, the entire table lit up with questions and comments about Joe Kenda and if I was aware of him yes, I was.
They immediately shared that they had been a Kenda cruise, Essentially, a group of fans paid for the honor to hang out with him and bask in his storytelling, He mentions in the book which I really enjoyed his perspective on what his celebrity status means to his family,

For Kenda fans, this is a must read, If youre not aware of him, this is a great recount of truecrime in a medium size city and will make you a fan of Kenda and his TV shows.
The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer madness, This isn't an exact science, of course, Any given murder can have multiple triggers, Sex and revenge seem to be common partners in crime, Rage, money, and revenge make for a dangerous trifecta of triggers, as well,

This book offers my memories of homicide cases that I investigated or oversaw, In each case, I examine the trigger that led to death, I chose this theme for the book because even though the why of a murder case may not be critical in an investigation, it can sometimes lead us to the killer.


And even if we solve a case without knowing the trigger, the why still intrigues us, disrupting our dreams and lingering in our minds, perhaps because each of us fears the demons that lie within our own psychethe triggers waiting to be pulled.
This book is like a continuation of the Homicide Hunter, love it! Lt, Joe Kenda has served twenty years as a detective with Colorado Springs Police Department, solving close tocases, The cases are gruesome and devastating to families to hear, Lt, Kenda does not sugar coat words and he gives each case his undivided attention, As with this both he speaks about the triggers that killers have, Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for a gifted copy, This is my honest review, netgalley Great stories. Update March: Upon release, I have received my preorder for the audiobook, As expected, I love hearing Kenda tell his stories in his own voice even more than just reading the ebook provided as an ARC by the publisher.
His inflection makes all the difference as he tells about each case

Thank you to the publisher for providing this eARC via Netgalley for an honest review.


I love true crime in any format, I originally found Joe Kenda through his Homicide Hunter TV show, I would fall asleep to it just about every night that it was on, Then his first book came out and I devoured the audiobook to get more of his voice in my life, I immediately preordered this second book on audio and cannot wait to hear him tell his stories,

Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money by Joe Kenda is a brilliant follow up to I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime.
The reader follows Kenda through ten cases where the main triggers of the homicide are identified at the beginning of each chapter.
Each case is heartbreaking in the senseless nature of death caused by another human being, but they are told in Kenda's nononsense, matteroffact tone, sprinkled with a little bit of humor.


My favorite line of the book comes in one of the later chapters and I think sums up why I respect Kenda so much: " I always told my guys that we are every victim's last hope.
Nobody else can give them justice, I wanted my detectives to stand in the victim's shoes, and if they couldn't do that, I told them to find another division.
" “The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment, ” Benigno Aquino III

Joe Kendas Killer Triggers was great as an audiobook, He narrates it himself and did a great job, Ive watched him on ID over the years and enjoyed his show, This was a more indepth view of some of his experiences in a more personal telling, He starts each chapter with what he believes was the trigger to the crime, I especially liked the last chapter because JK shares how the TV show affected him and what hes doing now,
I highly recommend this if you love true crime podcasts,
Thank you Blackstone Publishing via Netgalley for this audiobook, Ive voluntarily given my honest review,

I received an ARC of the audiobook and was so excited because I love Joe Kendas show on ID.
But I just couldnt get into the audiobook, I usually appreciate hearing the author narrate their own book, but Joes voice felt too monotone for the stories he was telling.


I think this is a book full of interesting tales and I would probably enjoy the written version a lot more! Read from an ARC provided by Blackstone Publishing via NetGalley.


I, like so many others Im sure, always thought I would be a great detective, I read detective novels, watched detective TV shows, I even started my own private investigation agency when I was in Grade Four and I solved my one and only case, the Case of the Demolished Snow Fort!.


Reading Joe Kendas latest, Killer Triggers Blackstone Publishing, release, Im not so sure about that now, Being a successful detective, heck, even just a competent one, requires a level of dedication and service of which, I suspect, I may not have been capable when I was youngerand the emotional and mental price paid by those detectives seems pretty high.


But I will always read and listen to their stories, safely removed from the brutality and horror of the actual events.


Which is why I loved this second offering from the retired Lieutenant and star of Discoverys Homicide Hunter.
Reading Kenda is almost like sitting with an old friend by a fire, sipping a scotch, after all the other dinner party guests have left.


Kendas style of immediacy and intimacy makes you almost hear his steady, sonorous voice as he walks the reader through several of hishomicide investigationsof which were solved as a detective in, then head of, the Colorado Springs Police Department homicide unit.


Kenda outlines in each case what the “trigger” was that led to homicide, and then breaks down the investigation step by step, peppered with his usual Kendaesque dry, deadpan humour.


Yes, Kenda occasionally strays from his narrative with an aside or distraction, but this only adds to that intimate, personal atmosphere.
This is not a cold reporting of the facts it is a personal conversation between Kenda and you,

A few of the investigations were familiar to me from the TV show, but that didnt detract from the book in any way.
In fact, reading the details made those cases more intriguing and fresh, like I was hearing about them for the first time.


However, Killer Triggers could probably use an introduction, A few simple pages outlining what the basic triggers are, along the lines of Kendaspodcast sitelinkDetective, produced by Discovery to promote the TV series.
In those podcast episodes, Kenda expertly explains that nearly every homicide can fall into three motive categories: money, sex or revenge.
A brief introduction that just touches on each trigger might have been beneficial before launching into the actual cases discussed in the book.


In many respects, the final section of the book is its strongest, in which Kenda recounts his postpolice career and the effect the TV show has had on his life.
Years of dealing with human horror and tragedy cost Kenda dearly,

This section was in many

ways the most powerful of the stories told throughout Killer Triggers: how a man became wounded in trying to help others, and how he slowly healed those wounds by talking about them.


Wellmy, my, my, Killer Triggers reads just like watching an episode of Joe Kenda's true crime documentary show on ID, No nonsense and always on the side of the victim I heard his voice in my head as I read, My, my, my Joe Kenda is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department CSPD detective lieutenant, who was involved inhomicide cases over ayear career source: Wikipedia.
Featured on Investigation Discovery show Homicide Hunter,
About the Book: Joe Kenda takes the reader through multiple homicides that he worked, The writing is conversational and very “toughguy”, rtc Joe Kenda was a homicide detective in my lovely city Colorado Springs foryears, He solved nearlycases. I'm sure he had no idea that well over a decade after retiring he'd be approached to make a television series on his cases and it would put his life on a much different track.
I adore the guy. He helped solve a murder case involving a family friend of course, I didn't know it was HIM then, didn't know until the episode aired honestly.
He made a difference in many people's lives here,

This is Detective Joe Kenda's second book his first being "I Will Find You", The writing isn't particularly spectacular but I expected as much, This book delves into some more of his cases, which are often on his show, but with him being a little bit more in detail and much less censored.
If you've watched his show as religiously as me, these cases mentioned won't be new but some of his thoughts are.
Kenda lets his sarcasm flag fly high and with no regrets, A quick, interesting read. .