This book is Jack Rosewood's annual book of crimes for the year. Some of the "big" ones, so to speak. High profile generally. It is a good summary of what happened this year. It was very well researched and the writing is top notch, as usual. I have never been disappointed in a Jack Rosewood book, and this is no exception. One of the best, really. He goes month by month through the crime events that happened. The Ricky Gray execution, the Delphi, IN teen girls murders, Karen Elaine Smith murder-suicide, Racists crimes, terrorism, domestic violence murders and even a serial killer. They are all here! And covered so well. I recommend this book for all crime buffs and historians. ( )

With all the news which occurs on a daily basis, sometimes certain news items are relegated to the “back” pages of a newspaper. This year in particular has been where certain news items dominated the pages for weeks if not days: we’ve had two major hurricanes havocking widespread destruction in its path, we’ve had about ISIS and it has done; and of course, with only a political observation of some people we’ve had Donald Trump’s time of triumphalism so far as President.

One type of news which might have been missed by many of us has been those items which dealt with true crimes and those who have been guilty of committing them.

In this anthology, the author, Jack Rosewood shows his readers that 2017 has been just like the years preceding it, a year in which we’ve witness the sheer evil we’re capable of doing to innocent victims.

As a child of the 1950’s, during the summer, I can remember my mother, along with her neighbors, keeping the front door ajar; and with the windows opened everyone kept relatively cool, without any air conditioning, with just the breeze caused by doing this. But with crimes like those described in this book, and crimes in general, we’re now forced to double-lock or even triple-lock our doors double day/night to feel safe.

Back in those days, a woman could take a chaise beach chair, go up to the roof alone with her transistor radio to sun herself. But, these days we’ve got no certainty regarding our safety, whether or not we’re on a crowded, and whether or not the area we’re in is well lit; crime is all around us all the time.

This everyday event is not only widespread here in the US, in occurs around the world. For having given his readers some of the most undeniably fascinating and macabre crime stories of the past year, I’m giving Mr. Rosewood 5 STARS for another well-written book regarding this at times gruesome topic of true crimes. ( )