This was like Riverdale meets In Cold Blood.
Soooooo many reviews criticized No Saints in Kansas for a number of reasons.
Obviously it's not In Cold Blood, it's just LOOSELY BASED on the same story, the Clutter Family Murders.
Fifteen year old main character, Carly Fleming wanted nothing more than to be Nancy Clutter's best friend. She wanted to stop being the outsider from the "wrong Manhattan" and just be an average teen in Holcomb, Kansas. But that's not what she got.... instead she got tangled up in the KBI investigation trying to clear Nancy's boyfriend of the murders. It was a little more than that too, because whoever murdered the Clutter family also ruined her chances of fitting in with the other small town kids. This investigation presented a chance to prove her worth.
Yes, Carly was petty.
Yes, she trampled all through the crime scene.
Yes, she "borrowed" official documents from the courthouse.
BUT.
It was 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas.
There was no forensic evidence for her to destroy.
There was no security cameras to catch her.
There was no reason for the police to be worried about a 15 years old girl.
While other reviews were criticizing these details, I was embracing them.
It made for a compelling story that I'm damn sure glad I read.
I mean Amy Brashear even wrote Truman Capote AND Harper Lee into the plot!!
I loved it.
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