To Hunt a Killer

Read the entire book in 2 sittings across 2 days and kept having to remind myself that it was a real case and not a crime fiction. I had no prior knowledge of this case, even though the conviction was in recent years. It was amazing to understand how the development of DNA technology helped bring th......more

I listened to the podcast by Robert featuring Julie in February last year and it was very, very good indeed. I remarked at the time that she was just my sort of person and certainly someone you'd need on your side if you ever had the godawful misfortune to need her as the Road family did. I was 19 i......more

Despite the fact that I thought that this book was well written I only gave 2.5 stars to it. I was interested to see how former detective superintendent Julie MacKay brought the killer of Melanie Road to justice singlehandedly because the blurb states “ How I Brought Melanie Road’s murderer to justi......more

I really enjoyed this book. A true life murder investigation that took years. It was also a biography of the author and peaked into the life of a police investigation officer. The work they did was exhausting to read, I don't know how they carried on for so many years. But it goes to show never give......more

It is an alright read. It does go in depth into a cold case review however I do feel that there is an alternative motive to get across the writers success and not just to tell the story of how the murder was solved. It does eventually get there and the premis is good but the narrative jumps througho......more