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    No Saints in Kansas
    No Saints in Kansas
    No Saints in Kansas
    Audiobook8 hours

    No Saints in Kansas

    Written by Amy Brashear

    Narrated by Eva Kaminsky

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A gripping reimagining of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it November is usually quiet in Holcomb, Kansas, but in 1959, the town is shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. Suspicion falls on Nancy Clutter's boyfriend, Bobby Rupp, the last one to see them alive. New Yorker Carly Fleming, new to the small Midwestern town, is an outsider. She tutored Nancy, and (in private, at least) they were close. Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always performing, and that she was cracking under the pressure of being Holcomb's golden girl. The secret connected Carly and Bobby. Now that Bobby is an outsider, too, they're bound closer than ever. Determined to clear Bobby's name, Carly dives into the murder investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. But that's nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the real perpetrators are caught. When her father is appointed to defend the killers of the Clutter family, the entire town labels the Flemings as traitors. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 14, 2017
    ISBN9781501967610
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    • 5/5
      I found the character of Carly entirely too impulsive to be very likable and her "investigation" of the murders might have been more believable if she had been an adult but a 16 year old was just too much. I really liked the way that the author incorporated Truman Copote into the fabric of the story. Although this is billed as a "young adult" novel, anyone with an interest in the Clutter murders or small town life will find this novel appealing. Carly is of course, a fictional character,but most of the other characters and situations are based on the actual murders that Truman Copote wrote about in his book [In Cold Blood].
    • 5/5
      NO SAINTS IN KANSAS by Amy BrashearIf you are at all familiar with Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD, you will recognize the story Brashear has used as the backdrop for her teen angst novel. Outsider Carly is a “friend” of Nancy Clutter who is the ultimate insider. The novel revolves around Carly’s obsession with solving the murders of the Clutter family in 1959 and clearing Bobby Rupp, Nancy’s boyfriend.The characters are believable; the situations and conversations spot on. Capote and Harper Lee make cameo appearances and bring a bit of New York brashness to the Nebraska Midwestern wholesomeness. When Carly’s father is appointed to defend the murderers, she (and her whole family) becomes an instant pariah to the entire town. Small town morals and infighting come to the fore as the novel progresses.Although billed as a young adult novel, anyone with an interest in the Clutter murders or small town life will find this novel appealing. Carly is a fictional character, most other characters and situations are based on the actual murders.5 of 5 stars