Shallow Graves, Maureen Boyle
Shallow Graves, Maureen Boyle
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Shallow Graves
The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer

Author: Maureen Boyle

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 11 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/27/2018


Synopsis

Eleven women went missing over the spring and summer of 1988 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an old fishing port known as the Whaling City, where Moby Dick, Frederick Douglass, textile mills, and heroin-dealing represent just a few of the many threads in the community's diverse fabric. In Shallow Graves, investigative reporter Maureen Boyle tells the story of a case that has haunted New England for thirty years.

Boyle first broke the story in 1988 and stayed with it for decades. In Shallow Graves she spins a riveting narrative about the crimes, the victims, the hunt for the killers, and the search for justice, all played out against the backdrop of an increasingly impoverished community beset by drugs and crime. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, along with police reports, first-person accounts, and field reporting both during the killings and more recently, Shallow Graves brings the listener behind the scenes of the investigation, onto the streets of the city, and into the homes of the families still hoping for answers.

Contains mature themes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on February 01, 2016

I wasn’t a screaming captive being dragged into the darkness. I wasn’t pleading and begging. If that’s what she expected, she was going to be disappointed. I was here to meet her, one monster to another. 3 1/2 stars, tentatively rounded up. Shallow Graves has a fantastic, creepy atmosphere and I......more

Goodreads review by ♛Tash on January 11, 2016

Imagine waking up in a shallow grave and the last thing you remember was dying.It is beyond creepy to think about breathing in the damp soil and much creepier still to think when you'll get the munchies for BRAINSSS. This is the compelling start of Shallow Graves, with our main character Breezy find......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 14, 2015

I was fortunate enough to read an ARC of SHALLOW GRAVES by Kali Wallace, and I'm excited to share my honest review. This book was all the things a horror story should be and more. Yes, it was chilling and full of tension, but it also asked hard questions about the nature of life and death and what i......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on August 22, 2015

There is so much to say about this book. First of all: the writing. It's so elegant and assured and smart but still feels, wholly, like a teenage girl's voice. Breezy Lin is angry, and calculating, and hurt, and a good friend who made some mistakes, and someone who misses her family who she can never......more

Goodreads review by Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) on January 07, 2016

Shallow Graves was a read that I was really looking forward to sinking my teeth into. It sounded original, fun, and I loved the paranormal aspect the synopsis hinted at and couldn't wait to see if it was anywhere as good as it promised to be. I wouldn't say I was disappointed with this read but I wil......more