Matthew McGough

I did ultimately read this book, though it took so long to come that I had not recalled that I hadn’t reviewed it...the copy I read was from the library. It was actually a fascinating story of the solving of a murder mystery in which the culprit turned out to be part of law enforcement. Unfortunately I don’t remember the details of the book very well now given that it’s been so long since I read it, but I found the story compelling and I only with the review copy had come within a reasonable time frame.… (mehr)

I vaguely remember this case. It was very shocking not just because of the fact that Sherri's killer was a LAPD but because the killer was a female. While, sadly, there are a lot of murders that happen every year, the percentage of killers being female are still low. So whenever a murder is revealed to have been committed by a woman, it is still shocking.

Mr. McGough really did a very through job of investigating this case and gathering all of the facts he could. I felt like there was no rock left unturned in details. In fact, it was not until the latter third half of the book where I did start to feel like it went on a bit long. When the last section of the book focused on the authorities investigating Stephanie; is where my interest super speed up. You could say that my heart was racing.

As I got to know Stephanie and read her diary entries as well as how she interacted with co-workers, I am not surprised that she did turn into a murderer. She was so fixated on John that if it had not been Sherri; it would have been another woman that would have been her victim.

I like reading true crime. This is a catch twenty two. In order to have material to write true crime novels, someone had to have been murdered. Yet, I have to say that Mr. McGough is one of those writers that does justice to a true crime novel. I would read more of these types of books from him. Readers of true crime will want to pick up their copy of The Lazarus Files for themselves.… (mehr)