How-to Kill Handbook for normal people
“Did I really do all of it? Yes, I did. All of it. But there’s no telling. Not straight up. I’d get thirty-to-life.”
The real-life diary of ‘Calvin Loch’, a New York lawyer who takes the law into his own hands and murders a man with good reason.
Did I really do all of it? Yes, I did. All of it. But there’s no telling. Not straight up. I’d get thirty-to-life.
This true-crime memoir catalogues the events that push an attorney to the edge. From office politics to shady dealings, from being love-struck to killing ‘justly’, this first-hand account is a chilling exposé of how a white-collar murderer gets away with it.
The verdict: crimes don’t warrant punishment if done by a balanced ‘bad man’ who believes that he’s doing good.
The author remains at large.
Well, where to start? I think this was one of the most confusing books I’ve ever read… is it read or is it fiction?
I was really captured by the description but for me, it fell a bit short. It started off strongly and drew me in well, but then I had many moments where I didn’t think I could continue to read, I went back and read the synopsis again and persevered. I did feel like I needed to do it justice and read to the end as it sounded so good, but I just didn’t feel like I ‘got it’.
‘Calvin Loch’ is a very odd man with not much to draw you into him. The book is written a bit like a slew of words which didn’t always make sense. Calvin lusts after his law clerk and feels he has one over on her when he realises the time has lapsed for her to press charges for harassment, this seems to spur him on to continue his tirade, again though this doesn’t really develop how I would have expected, I thought it would go darker but was more of a passing comment to show he has previously pushed too far.
Has Calvin actually killed or not? Some points sound lie he is a serial killer hidden in plain sight, others like he’s just made his first kill… maybe he killed his brother, but it all seems a bit far-fetched and unbelievable.
What seems most likely though is that ‘Calvin’ is a very disturbed man who has some serious psychological issues.
Overall, I didn’t really enjoy this read, I wanted to get to the end but felt the synopsis was much better than the book.
Thank you to Net Galley, the Publisher and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | Killer’s Bible |
| Author | Calvin Loch (Published as Anon) |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 371 Pages |
| Genre | Mystery & Thrillers |
| Publisher | BooksGoSocial |
| Release Date | 1st March 2020 |