The Mystery of the Cache Creek Murders

by Roberta Sheldon

A perfect crime in Alaska

Genres: True Crime

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've just visited Talkeetna, and I am besotted with Alaska anyway, so this book was very engaging for me. Even then I found I had to skim some of the detail, which I don't blame the author for including. I just didn't need the full grocery list to appreciate the dilemmas. This was a very good read for anyone who likes mysteries and true crime.

[Scooter McGee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it to be a very interesting historical read. Is written more as a historical documentary without dramatic embellishments so is a bit of a drier read but is a thoroughly researched book with very detailed aspects of the events leading up to the murders and the ensuing investigation. It also sheds light on what life was like for miners and settlers in the Alaskan territory of that time which is another interesting facet of the book.

[Audley · Rating 4 out of 5]

After having visited Talkeetna, a couple of months ago, I thoroughly enjoyed reading about this "unsolved" mystery that took place in an area which has actually not changed much since the murders took place.

[Yvonne Leutwyler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn't put this book down! It is based on true events, and gives a vivid image of the life of people in the town of Talkeetna, Alaska, and "the men who moil for gold" in the nearby Peters Hills. Knowing the area, and having visited some of the buildings mentioned in the book that are still standing today made this story captivating for me.

[Romina Maneval · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excelent read based on Pioneering Alaskan Goldmining. I read it as we were mining our first Gold Claim in this very area. Can't even explain how it felt knowing the history, techniques and attitudes of our fellow miners are very simular to those in the book...minus the murder of course.

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was the book I picked up in Talketna, Alaska last summer. It details the factssurrounding the murders of four people in the 1939 that was never solved. Interesting backround on life as a gold "miner" in Alaska at that time. A little dry.