In Broad Daylight: A murder in Skidmore, Missouri

Read it in a weekend. Fantastic. Well described setting, overall just a fascinating tragedy. Would like to learn more about this small community that has had too many deaths in it.

So glad I found this author and this amazingly true crime story. And what a story it is! Tis hard to beleive the townsfolk had to put up with that bully for far too long, thanks largely in part because of the inept wheels of their socalled justice system.Beautifully written and a real page turner. I'll be seeking other titles by this aclaimed author. Highly recommended by me.

racconto ben scandito, nella migliore tradizione degli scrittori del genere. Interessante scorcio della provincia USA che ci ricorda che gli Stati Uniti non sono solo la Grande Mela

The story line is simply unbelievable, and sadly true. Very well written, kept my interest to the end. I felt enraged for the people of this small MO town! There was no disputing the state and local MO law let them down over and over and over again. It's pretty impressive that to this day the residents of this town were able to keep thier feet braced firmly in the ground under the intense press of the State Officials,FBI and the press and no one individual had to take the blame for the action taken against Ken Rex. Kudo's, to them. The town didn't fair as well, it's reputation forever scar. As for Ken Rex...what can one say about a person that mean and nasty?? Good riddence is what came to my mind.There is one thing I'd like to point out,and it's the only reason I gave a 4 star rather than a 5 star. The kindle edition of this book leaves a lot to be desired, many, many spelling errors, lots of tech issues in general, however the story was interesting enough the I chose to read around the issues. If you're a perfectionist beware it's the worst Kindle edition I've ever seen.

A very gripping read about a true story. I had heard of this case before and was very glad when it came up for free on Amazon one day. To be honest, if I'd known just how good it was I would have paid for it much earlier.The story dragged me in from the very start. A town bully who went on and on and on, pushing to the very limits of what he might be able to get away with and not suffer any consequences. He just went around picking on any single person in the community he thought was an easy touch. He robbed the locals on a regular basis and he even committed serious crimes against very young girls on a regular basis. Everyone felt powerless because the "Law" seemed unable to help. (There are some interesting tales of a very few of the people who decided to "face" him out and call his bluff, but these unfortunately were few and far between.)Well, as most of us know these days, such people who ignore the law of the land *can* push out to the very limits and then go quite a great bit further and the "Law" will not really become involved. The "Law" cannot get involved because it is simply not allowed to do that! These are the "Laws" created by our rulers, and the "accused" has so many rights it is unbelievable, especially in States like Missouri where lax "Law"-makers have allowed these biased rules, biased totally in favour of the accused to be set into the statute books. (One day, the people who introduced such blatant anti-citizen "Laws" ought really to be brought to book, but that's just my opinion.)However, that's me just sounding off against crazy liberal laws and rules. Rules that let a convicted felon immediately back out on the street because he has appealed. Not only the townspeople, but even the jury who have convicted this out and out criminal piece of dirt are disgusted by the way the "Law" is treating this whole case. The "Law" appears to be doing just what it "needs" to do in these cases but to the people suffering under the bully, the law is doing absolutely nothing.And so, the tension builds and builds. Law officers agree with the people of the town that it is all wrong. But they seem helpless to help those same townspeople.Eventually something had to give. And boy-oh-boy! When it gives, it EXPLODES!I am not giving anything away about the story with my summary of an ever building explosion. I am in the UK and even I heard of this "vigilante town" when the case occurred. It was *NOT* a vigilante town! In my eyes it was simply a town that took far too long to employ a street-sweeper to brush a piece of dirt into the gutter where he belonged. It showed too much tolerance to a dirtbag, and *WHY*? Because like most towns the populace *believed* in the "Law".The "Law" let them down.Time after time after time after time.At the finish, when you are let down so many, many times, just what on Earth can a person (or a town) do?They did the right thing.