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The Craigslist Murders (2011)

by Brenda Cullerton(Favorite Author)

2.68 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1612190197 (ISBN13: 9781612190198)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Melville International Crime

review 1: Oddly, I didn't find a point in this book, but I finished it to the end. So, Charlotte is a homicidal interior designer with great tastes. She hates all of the rich people who be fulfilled just with what they have, so she finds ways to murder them. All this was inspired by a dark childhood past, and that just basically sums everything up. Oh, and the ending was similar to the overrated slasher films where the final scene is where killer comes back from the dead, overused, and no imagination necessary to think about what happens next.
review 2: Thirty-seven year old interior designer, Charlotte Wolfe liked making money from her clients but she seemed to hate making overly expensive acquisitions for them, especially the ever-so-ridiculously demanding trophy wives... more with their me-me, more-more attitudes. In fact, over-the-top wealth and possessions angered Charlotte to the point that sometimes she just had to do something about it; something more than therapy and yoga. She's taken up murdering some of her more blatant clients! How does she decide which ones?What's known as Upper East Side or UES, the richest 1.8 square miles in the US, as listed in Craig's list is Charlotte's hunting ground. She not only finds some great bargains on upscale merchandise but that's where she finds her victims! Charlotte finds the women she calls are easily duped and let her into their apartments so easily. So far the police have not connected the murders with Craigslist postings. But how long can this go on until something or someone trips Charlotte up?Charlotte kind of annoyed me with her judgemental attitude and feeling that she could just knock off any uber-wealthy wife she felt needed killing. She thought she was doing them a favor. When the story revealed that Charlotte had grown up in a wealthy family with an emotionally demeaning mother, my sympathy for her started to grow a little. Not that I could condone her actions but the revelations made her more understandable. Brenda Cullerton writes an entertaining, satirical look at today's wealthy, their entitlement beliefs and how by acquiring more material goods and constantly remodeling their outrageous homes is how they "re-invent" themselves. There is really not much of a mystery to the book; it's more a character study and how, if and when Charlotte will get caught. I really liked the twist at the end that bumped up my rating from 2.5 to 3***.A review copy of the e-book was provided by NetGalley. less

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