Firstly I thought this was above all a very respectful and thoughtful telling of the worst kind of crime imaginable, any crime against children by adults is unforgivable and should be met with the harshest rulings available but in my opinion I also think those punishments should fit the crime. I thought this had a unique approach when in fact the author took upon years more research to start the book with the birth of each main character/monster and not just talking about the crimes committed by them. It did seem that Brady was off the mark from a young age on his own but that, his partner in crime and I do mean partner seemed fairly normal until she left what seemed a perfectly normal relationship with a normal man who did not like to rape & murder children & did not think Hitler was the cats meow for a very unhealthy I love him, I hate him, I love him again obsession of Brady that then turned into an indoctrination of his coo coo Hitler beliefs & way of life. But I don't know if I believe it didn't take much to get her to the dark side? Or if Brady truly did indoctrinate her? People talked about how great she was with kids, how much kids loved her, parents loved her, she babysat for free! These don't seem like psychopathic tendencies but how could someone who did love kids have even have stood by while they knew a child was being killed or abused? Even at the expense of there own safety, knowing they were only safe because they were complicit in the horrendous crimes? So many questions. I however do not believe that Brady committed these crimes alone, I think she help from step one to step end and every step in between. There is recorded voice proof of this! I think she was someone who got off on the power of it, and enjoyed the dirty work of it! She literally showed more worry for her dead dog then she did over dead children! Bottom line this is an extraordinary read even though hard material to process due to its nature of unthinkable crimes against sweet innocent children. I would like to sincerely thank Netgalley the Publisher Pen & Sward as well as the Author Chris Cook for the ARC of this outstanding novel ( )