Catch the Sparrow

Rachel Rear has wrote a “true crime” book that is informative, respectful, and has heart. The close connection while never having met Stephanie added a unique perspective to the book. Rachel is a great writer that made reading the book easy and engrossing. I had never heard of this story before, but the depth she went of showing all sides to this cold case made it one of my favorite non-fictions/true crimes this year (maybe even of all time). But, be prepared to have a dictionary, because her vocabulary is on point and I'm lucky I was reading on my Kindle and could easily look up certain words.

I think true crime stories are either done from a very emotional/sensitive view point or a very detached/information heavy, sometimes disrespectful view point. I found that this book had all of the information while also making it readable and adding respectful information about her friends, families, and co-workers/clients. She included her opinion as well, but always made sure the reader understood that it was her opinion.

Overall, I highly recommend this book. Even with the tragic content I very much enjoyed it. I know that this was a story close to the authors heart, but I would read anything else that she writes.