The group realized this was one of the first true crime mystery murder books and therefore was not really a "who done it". The author chose to tell the reader who the perpetrators were early in the book, and then the narrative goes back and forth between present and past, examining both men's personal lives as young men.
The group agreed that what made it hard to read was the fact that there was no reason for this family to have been so brutally murdered. The group also talked about the two men and how they pointed fingers at each other. One man seemed to be the brains, while the other was the action man, scared and intimidated by his partner in crime.
The next book for this group is The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi, and because the meeting would fall on July 4th, it will be rescheduled for June 27 at 6:30.
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