Queen City Notorious: Cincinnati's Most Sensational Murder Cases

by J.T. Townsend

In his much awaited follow-up to cult classic "Queen City Gothic," JT Townsend conducts the reader on another sinister journey through 13 murder tales from the golden age of Cincinnati true crime history. In "Queen City Notorious: Cincinnati's Most Sensational Murder Cases, watch as Townsend exhumes the dark underside of every love triangle, family vendetta, and perilous partnership that ended with a local homicide worthy of this anthology. Each chapter brushes away the cobwebs to uncover the motive for those murders most foul, and each crime abounds with the intriguing killers, riveting trials, and swift punishment. "Queen City Notorious" will dispense macabre delight to the true crime reader, along with the assurance that no murderer will ever escape from these pages.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

436 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2014

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting but it aggravates me when I read a book about Cincinnati and "Procter" of Procter and Gamble is spelled wrong more than once.

Such an easy thing to check - look in the phone book! Does anyone proofread anything anymore? Please do us all a favor and start.

[Devon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this. It was interesting to have a chance to see a bit of a darker side of places I'm familiar with. My only complaint is I think this book could have used a little more editing. There were a lot of typos, syntax errors, and the like that kind of drove me crazy. Otherwise I'm pretty interested in reading this author's other book about Cincinnati mysteries.

[Amanda (Tholke) Hollenkamp · Rating 2 out of 5]

Grotesque at times but definitely had a lot of detail. Just wasn't a fan of the writing style. Too tabloidesque.

[Sandi Warner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book about historic crimes in Cincinnati. If you can get past the typos and the timeline stories of what else was happening in the world, it's a good read.