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Karla: A Pact with the Devil
"People want me in max so my life will be hard but it really isn't. There are absolutely no responsibilities here. Everything is provided. We can spend the day sleeping, sun-tanning or doing whatever we want all day every day."
--Karla Homolka in a letter to author Stephen Williams
"Well, they say 'Never say never' and they're right," Karla wrote in her startling first letter to Stephen Williams. "Never in a million years did I think I would ever write a letter to someone from the media, let alone you who has condemned me so harshly." Thus began one of the most controversial correspondences in Canadian history.
Karla picks up where Williams's first book on the case, Invisible Darkness , left her, painting her nails in her cell in solitary confinement in the gothic tower of Kingston's Prison for Women. After testifying against her ex-husband in 1995, Karla's life in prison was soon going to take a very different, dramatic turn.
With a thriller's pace, A Pact with the Devil charts the inner life of the world's most notorious female prisoner. In Karla , Williams lets Karla and the other key players speak for themselves. And what they have to say will surprise, horrify and enlighten.
--Karla Homolka in a letter to author Stephen Williams
"Well, they say 'Never say never' and they're right," Karla wrote in her startling first letter to Stephen Williams. "Never in a million years did I think I would ever write a letter to someone from the media, let alone you who has condemned me so harshly." Thus began one of the most controversial correspondences in Canadian history.
Karla picks up where Williams's first book on the case, Invisible Darkness , left her, painting her nails in her cell in solitary confinement in the gothic tower of Kingston's Prison for Women. After testifying against her ex-husband in 1995, Karla's life in prison was soon going to take a very different, dramatic turn.
With a thriller's pace, A Pact with the Devil charts the inner life of the world's most notorious female prisoner. In Karla , Williams lets Karla and the other key players speak for themselves. And what they have to say will surprise, horrify and enlighten.
544 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 2003
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About the author
Stephen Williams
3 books14 followersA direct descendant of Horace Greeley who said "Go West, young man, go West" (whereupon Greeley went East and founded "The New York Tribune" for which Karl Marx became a stringer,)
Stephen Williams began his writing career in his early teens after noting the hypnotic effect the lyrics from Bob Dylan's first album had on women and reading "Les Sous sond fait" by John Paul Satre.
First published at 19, he studied with Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye and Irving Layton. Shortly thereafter he got a job picking and packing books in the Toronto warehouse of Oxford University Press.
Among other things Williams has been a trucker, a poet, an advertising executive, a warehouse grunt and a bible salesman.
His reputation as a writer and a journalist was solidified by the international success of two books, "Invisible Darkness: The Horrifying Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka" and "Karla: A Pact with the Devil."
These two non-fiction books have been described as "stories of unimaginabel deviance set in the apocalyptic landscape in and around Niagara Falls."
"Invisible Darkness" and "Karla" have been favorably compared to Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song" and Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" while other critics have called him a "blowhard" and a "wannabe Hemingway."
The Attorney General for Ontario called him "a criminal" and a "serial trafficker in the misery of human victims."
One journalist probably summed him up best when she wrote, "People don't forget Williams. He thinks big. He is outspoken. And he loves the limelight, baby."
Of course, that's only one person's opinion.
In fact, Stephen Williams is something of a recluse and quite shy. All he asks is that you read his work mindfully and then make up your own mind.
Williams has been twice arrested, once in 1998 and again in 2003, and put on trial twice over an eight-year period for allegedly disobeying court orders and publication bans.
Not satisfied that the almost 100 criminal charges police laid against Williams were sufficient the Attorney General, Michael Bryant personally sued Stephen as "an enemy of the State."
The lawsuit sought unspecified damages and possession of all Williams' archives and research.
Stephen was acquitted of the first set of charges on November 30, 2000.
On January 14, 2005, he accepted a plea bargain suggested by Attorney General Bryant. He plead guilty to one count, summary conviction or misdemeanor, disobey pub ban to do with his website only.
In return the AG would withdraw the other 97 criminal charges that had been laid against him to do with both books and abandon the civil lawsuit.
It was the proverbial offer that cannot be refused, a great victory in a relentless confrontation with an unhinged government and a reckless Attorney General.
A few years later, Mr. Bryant found himself in jail accused of murder and has recently published a book about the ordeal called "28 Seconds.'
Bryant recounts the horrific details about how he killed a rancorous, drunken bike courier one evening after celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary in downtown Toronto's toney Yorkville and Bellair district.
A year later, police and prosecutors dropped all charges but by that time his political career was in shambles and his wife had left him. In "28 Seconds" he also admits that he was a raging alcoholic and recklessly chased power and publicity during his years in office.
Stephen Williams lives and continues to work on "Law and Disorder: The Globalization of the Police State" while periodically blogging (it can be accessed through his website). He lives on a rock scramble farm 90 miles northwest of Toronto with the writer Marsha Boulton and their Bull Terrier Thelonius Monk.
"Karla" has just been published in the United States and internationally as Kindle book, iBook, Kobo and a few other e-reader formats.
Stephen Williams began his writing career in his early teens after noting the hypnotic effect the lyrics from Bob Dylan's first album had on women and reading "Les Sous sond fait" by John Paul Satre.
First published at 19, he studied with Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye and Irving Layton. Shortly thereafter he got a job picking and packing books in the Toronto warehouse of Oxford University Press.
Among other things Williams has been a trucker, a poet, an advertising executive, a warehouse grunt and a bible salesman.
His reputation as a writer and a journalist was solidified by the international success of two books, "Invisible Darkness: The Horrifying Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka" and "Karla: A Pact with the Devil."
These two non-fiction books have been described as "stories of unimaginabel deviance set in the apocalyptic landscape in and around Niagara Falls."
"Invisible Darkness" and "Karla" have been favorably compared to Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song" and Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" while other critics have called him a "blowhard" and a "wannabe Hemingway."
The Attorney General for Ontario called him "a criminal" and a "serial trafficker in the misery of human victims."
One journalist probably summed him up best when she wrote, "People don't forget Williams. He thinks big. He is outspoken. And he loves the limelight, baby."
Of course, that's only one person's opinion.
In fact, Stephen Williams is something of a recluse and quite shy. All he asks is that you read his work mindfully and then make up your own mind.
Williams has been twice arrested, once in 1998 and again in 2003, and put on trial twice over an eight-year period for allegedly disobeying court orders and publication bans.
Not satisfied that the almost 100 criminal charges police laid against Williams were sufficient the Attorney General, Michael Bryant personally sued Stephen as "an enemy of the State."
The lawsuit sought unspecified damages and possession of all Williams' archives and research.
Stephen was acquitted of the first set of charges on November 30, 2000.
On January 14, 2005, he accepted a plea bargain suggested by Attorney General Bryant. He plead guilty to one count, summary conviction or misdemeanor, disobey pub ban to do with his website only.
In return the AG would withdraw the other 97 criminal charges that had been laid against him to do with both books and abandon the civil lawsuit.
It was the proverbial offer that cannot be refused, a great victory in a relentless confrontation with an unhinged government and a reckless Attorney General.
A few years later, Mr. Bryant found himself in jail accused of murder and has recently published a book about the ordeal called "28 Seconds.'
Bryant recounts the horrific details about how he killed a rancorous, drunken bike courier one evening after celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary in downtown Toronto's toney Yorkville and Bellair district.
A year later, police and prosecutors dropped all charges but by that time his political career was in shambles and his wife had left him. In "28 Seconds" he also admits that he was a raging alcoholic and recklessly chased power and publicity during his years in office.
Stephen Williams lives and continues to work on "Law and Disorder: The Globalization of the Police State" while periodically blogging (it can be accessed through his website). He lives on a rock scramble farm 90 miles northwest of Toronto with the writer Marsha Boulton and their Bull Terrier Thelonius Monk.
"Karla" has just been published in the United States and internationally as Kindle book, iBook, Kobo and a few other e-reader formats.
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August 24, 2012
A meandering mess of a book - Williams, who wrote the decent INVISIBLE DARKNESS tries to cash in on the public (well, the Canadian public) fascination with the Homolka/Bernardo case (I first became aware of it when I found DEADLY INNOCENCE, what I have found to be the best book on the subject in a bookstore in Nova Scotia). Williams began a correspondence with Homolka while she was still in prison and alternates between condemning her and condemning the Canadian justice system for their unfair treatment of Homolka...however, I can't imagine he's going to find a receptive audience. Sure, based on Canadian law she probably should have been paroled earlier, but it also seems abundantly clear that the police and district attorney assigned to the case should never have agreed to the deal that allowed her such a light punishment for such terrible crimes. She's such a monster, I can't imagine anyone, including Williams, feeling the slightest bit sorry for her. Williams clearly needed a decent editor as he is repetitive and often seems to lose the thread of what he is saying. Truly a waste of time.
January 9, 2016
Paul Bernardo and Karla Holmolka were husband and wife Canadians who were responsible for the rapes and murder of at least three young women, and Bernardo also responsible for at least 19 other rapes. More infamously, the couple are responsible for the rape and murder of Homolka’s 16 year old sister, Tammy.
The book Karla, is the second by the author on the “Barbie and Ken Killers”, although mainly focuses on Karla and the inside ‘scoop’ of the deal she cut with the prosecution of her husband and her reasonably short prison sentence.
This book isn’t for you, if you’re not a fan of the criminal justice side of true crime stories. I see and read a lot of comment about being “too much court room” and not about the crime, per se. This story is very much more about the political and court room goings on, that the actual crimes themselves. Even more so, it’s about Karla and her letters to both the author and those who defended her and treated her.
Needless to say, I personally found it fascinating and frustrating. The justice system and professionals don’t always get it right, this would be one of those times. Hearing about her interrogations and interviews with police and psychologists and psychiatrists really struck a cord with me, seeing as I’m in the field. Goes to show, how interpretation doesn’t necessarily equal fact. Nor does it always prove correct. This along with the mistakes and incompetence from the police, lead me to feel a bit of anger at the whole situation, in that Karla may have very well gotten a longer sentence than what she served had the job been done properly, and the experts performing in their proper capacity.
There’s also a movie based of this book with an almost similar title, Karla. Laura Prepon, from Orange is the New Black, stars as Karla. If you’re a true crime based movie buff, or just like watching movies then add this one to your list. It wasn’t too bad.
So, in conclusion, this books was very informative but more on the personal side of Karla and the events in the criminal justice system that lead to her deal with the prosecution and prison sentence. If you want a book more on the crimes themselves, then I suggest you go with the authors first book on this couple.
The book Karla, is the second by the author on the “Barbie and Ken Killers”, although mainly focuses on Karla and the inside ‘scoop’ of the deal she cut with the prosecution of her husband and her reasonably short prison sentence.
This book isn’t for you, if you’re not a fan of the criminal justice side of true crime stories. I see and read a lot of comment about being “too much court room” and not about the crime, per se. This story is very much more about the political and court room goings on, that the actual crimes themselves. Even more so, it’s about Karla and her letters to both the author and those who defended her and treated her.
Needless to say, I personally found it fascinating and frustrating. The justice system and professionals don’t always get it right, this would be one of those times. Hearing about her interrogations and interviews with police and psychologists and psychiatrists really struck a cord with me, seeing as I’m in the field. Goes to show, how interpretation doesn’t necessarily equal fact. Nor does it always prove correct. This along with the mistakes and incompetence from the police, lead me to feel a bit of anger at the whole situation, in that Karla may have very well gotten a longer sentence than what she served had the job been done properly, and the experts performing in their proper capacity.
There’s also a movie based of this book with an almost similar title, Karla. Laura Prepon, from Orange is the New Black, stars as Karla. If you’re a true crime based movie buff, or just like watching movies then add this one to your list. It wasn’t too bad.
So, in conclusion, this books was very informative but more on the personal side of Karla and the events in the criminal justice system that lead to her deal with the prosecution and prison sentence. If you want a book more on the crimes themselves, then I suggest you go with the authors first book on this couple.
June 6, 2012
When I started reading this, I would have given it 4 1/2 stars. It sucked me in right away, and had this crazy observant perspective that actually gave me (some) empathy for Karla. It explored the massive mistakes made by law enforcement during the case, and the serious flaws in Canada's justice system. It did shed an informative light on the role of the Canadian penal institutions, though, as being a place of rehabilitation, not punishment.
Where this book lost so many points with me was about half-way through, when the author begins talking about himself. And never stops. The author's voice changed from informative and empathetic to arrogant and self-righteous. Although I get that Stephen Williams feels very closely tied to the case (he actually went to jail briefly over accessing restricted video materials of Karla & Paul's crimes), the book is called "Karla", not "Karla and Stephen" or just "Stephen."
Where this book lost so many points with me was about half-way through, when the author begins talking about himself. And never stops. The author's voice changed from informative and empathetic to arrogant and self-righteous. Although I get that Stephen Williams feels very closely tied to the case (he actually went to jail briefly over accessing restricted video materials of Karla & Paul's crimes), the book is called "Karla", not "Karla and Stephen" or just "Stephen."
June 28, 2008
I found reading this book to be somewhat of a frustrating exercise. I felt it was painting Karla as another one of Paul's victims when I believe that she was far more involved in the heinous crimes that the two of them perpetrated.
October 24, 2019
When I was getting my Bachelor's degree, this case was brought up by one of my professors (a former police officer), who had helped to fish Leslie Mahaffy's body out of Lake Gibson. A true crime buff, I had read a bit about the "Ken and Barbie Killers" and seen a few episodes of true crime television shows covering the topic.
This novel fascinated me in some ways - I gained new, detailed insight into the trial, bungling, and prison life if Ms. Homolka which was interesting. However, the author is INCREDIBLY self-important. He takes himself much too seriously and it gets in the way of the readability of this book. He draws parallels in ways that are meant to shock and sicken. Subtract the last two or so chapters of this book and the self-felicitating nonsense about his own trial and constant patting himself on the back, and this would easily be a five star novel. As it stands, it's quite good, but be forewarned that you WILL roll your eyes at Mr. Williams' constant interruption of his own writing.
This novel fascinated me in some ways - I gained new, detailed insight into the trial, bungling, and prison life if Ms. Homolka which was interesting. However, the author is INCREDIBLY self-important. He takes himself much too seriously and it gets in the way of the readability of this book. He draws parallels in ways that are meant to shock and sicken. Subtract the last two or so chapters of this book and the self-felicitating nonsense about his own trial and constant patting himself on the back, and this would easily be a five star novel. As it stands, it's quite good, but be forewarned that you WILL roll your eyes at Mr. Williams' constant interruption of his own writing.
April 6, 2009
"Well, they say never say never and they're right," Karla wrote in her startling first letter to Stephen Williams. "Never in a million years did I think I would ever write a letter to someone from the media, let alone you who has condemned me so harshly." Thus began one of the most controversial correspondences in Canadian history.
Karla picks up where Williams's first book on the case, 'Invisible Darkness', left her, painting her nails in her cell in solitary confinement in the gothic tower of Kingston's Prison for Women. After testifying against her ex-husband in 1995, Karla's life in prison was soon going to take a very different, dramatic turn.
With a thriller's pace, 'Karla: A Pact With The Devil' charts the inner life of the world's most notorious female prisoner. In Karla, Williams lets Karla and the other key players speak for themselves. And what they have to say will surprise, horrify and enlighten."
Karla picks up where Williams's first book on the case, 'Invisible Darkness', left her, painting her nails in her cell in solitary confinement in the gothic tower of Kingston's Prison for Women. After testifying against her ex-husband in 1995, Karla's life in prison was soon going to take a very different, dramatic turn.
With a thriller's pace, 'Karla: A Pact With The Devil' charts the inner life of the world's most notorious female prisoner. In Karla, Williams lets Karla and the other key players speak for themselves. And what they have to say will surprise, horrify and enlighten."
February 22, 2023
Being from where this case took place perhaps gives me a different perspective on this case, I lived through all of it, and perhaps that makes me a bit biased on how view both Karla and Paul. That being said this book seems to be trying to make the reader feel sorry for her, and how the Canadian Justice System "failed" her. Quite frankly, reading all about how her prison term went for her, with her personal TV, being able to get her hair cut and coloured, made me sick to my stomach. And the fact that she's now out, living her life, having children. Not only having children but VOLUNTEERING AT HER CHILDREN'S SCHOOL! This monster of a human doesn't deserve any of this. And this book is trying to make us feel sorry for her. Feel sorry for the families of the girls. Their daughters were ripped away from them.
March 10, 2018
The Homolka tale is very interesting from a variety of perspectives, but especially because she’s currently living her life free as a bird. In this book Williams does well to lay out the sordid details of Homolka’s crimes and those of her former husband Paul. Jesus Christ these people were messed up. The fact that she screwed the system and now raises a family half an hour away from where I was born and raised is disturbing to say the least. The author strays from time to time into psychological reports that are pretty boring but for the most part it’s a pretty good read.
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July 27, 2011Pretty good book.
June 28, 2012
Worst true crime book I've ever read. And I love true crime!!
If you want a good book about this story, read Lethal Marriage by Nick Pron
If you want a good book about this story, read Lethal Marriage by Nick Pron
December 4, 2014
What I found fascinating about this book was it's in depth look at the factors leading to the deal with Karla--the bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and communication as well as face-saving.
February 27, 2023
3 or 3.5. The first half is mostly quite interesting and I should note that there are some very disturbing passages but I did expect that. That isn't to say the second half was bad.. just that by nature of the way it was written there was a lot of repetition of things on account of the different opinions perspectives and Recollections of all the different figures presented in this book with regards to their interactions and opinions. Overall a very interesting account of the court proceedings, the prison system, the infighting among various people and institutions. A well written account but a bit tedious by the end given the, at times although necessary, repetitious nature. This was largely because of the extensive deep dive into the vast number of different individuals quoted. Because of this you do get a lot of overlap. Overall I think this was very much worth reading because it points out the many failures of the criminal system. The book left me not really knowing what to think of her other than that the things she did were monstrously horrendous. I concur with the author that she certainly not the person she was portrayed as being. That is the say, the battered spouse Etc. I think she just played along with that because that's what was wanted of her to make her look better in the eyes of the public as she served as a witness against Paul Bernardo. I have not read the previous book so perhaps I do not have all the facts. But based on what I've read my opinion is that she enjoyed what she did with Paul Bernardo. Whether or not she was a psychopath who knows. Certainly the psychologists and psychiatrists almost exclusively did not believe she was. Yet how can one take any of their diagnosis seriously when they also almost unanimously declared her a battered spouse or having PTSD. So by the end of this book we are left very uncertain as to what to think of her. I think it is evident that the combination of her and Paul Bernardo served to merge a dangerous cocktail of personalities which resulted in rapes and murders. Would she have done any of these sorts of things in the absence of Paul Bernardo? That is a curious question. Overall the book leaves one a little uncertain as to what to think but also very intrigued by the complex infighting and the overall incompetence of authorities and the criminal justice system. Intrigued and frustrated. Shocked and baffled. It almost seems as though incompetence is rewarded.
March 30, 2023
I’m torn in how to rate this one. It’s a little out of date as it takes place while Karla is still incarcerated. It does explain somewhat how her mind worked. But didn’t really paint her in a good light. Not that any murdering satanical person can be painted in a good light. But to me she comes across as not very bright. But apparently her IQ if quite high. I don’t buy the battered woman defence. I don’t buy any defence. She was and probably still is evil and twisted. Based on the details in this book the whole deal she was given never should hav been so and I think she should have spent a lot more time behind bars. I am also torn with how I feel about her deal not being held up to snuff. As much as I think she should have never gotten out, her agreement stated she should not have been opposed for parole (early) and she was time and time again. How do you take the law seriously if they can’t follow their own rules?
August 1, 2025
This book is mostly of interest for exploding the pervasive myth that Homolka was only offered a plea deal because the prosecution had not discovered the video tapes documenting her offending - as if the hands of the law would have been tied at that stage.
And whilst I don't feel sympathy for Homolka, the various machinations of the Candadian corrections system, in violation of the law, that Homolka experienced in prison must be of concern. There are laws and regulations governing treatment of prisoners and it's a slippery slope when there is no push back if these are disregarded, even for the worst criminals.
And whilst I don't feel sympathy for Homolka, the various machinations of the Candadian corrections system, in violation of the law, that Homolka experienced in prison must be of concern. There are laws and regulations governing treatment of prisoners and it's a slippery slope when there is no push back if these are disregarded, even for the worst criminals.
April 8, 2021
I was really excited for this book because I wanted to learn more about the case. I was very intrigued in the beginning but got pretty bored about half way through. I found Stephen used a lot of technical terms and included a lot of non sense that really didn’t need to be part of the book. By the end it was almost like he wanted you to feel bad for Karla and how she was treated. If you know anything about this case and these awful crimes you shouldn’t feel bad for her at all.
January 3, 2022
Poor Karla
The author creates a picture of a system that continually put Karla in the role of a victim of its ineptness and bureaucracy. He seems to overlook the heinous crimes she committed in making a case for her as a PTSD survivor. This book is a travesty to the real victims of her crimes. Why Williams opted for a sympathetic assessment of who this woman is baffles me.
The author creates a picture of a system that continually put Karla in the role of a victim of its ineptness and bureaucracy. He seems to overlook the heinous crimes she committed in making a case for her as a PTSD survivor. This book is a travesty to the real victims of her crimes. Why Williams opted for a sympathetic assessment of who this woman is baffles me.
October 11, 2019
Fascinating to read at times, enjoyed the ending more than the middle. Over half the book was just dribble of nothing. It more about the political side of things than the actual crime itself. Mostly about the flaws within the justice system. Recommend, pass, there are better books out there.
September 4, 2018
It was good but the author is all over the place
December 15, 2020
Poorly written. Very disappointing.
April 23, 2021
Good book and quotes lots of other interesting book I will look into reading. Very repetitive in some facts
July 21, 2023
Great book, lots of information on Karla and her life. My only complaint is that the author obviously has never seen the movie "Heathers" that he described completely wrong, since it's my favorite movie it upset my lol 😅 Winona Ryder did not play a Heather! Anyways, an awesome and gripping book!
August 5, 2012
Ok, So I started this book and out of the gate it seemed very insightful, full of great time line points and feedback on the important people that helped create the greatest mis-step ever made in Canadian legal history. Karla lawyer is brilliant and had huge foresight which is more than I can say for so many others who were thrown together at that time.
At some point in the book I started feeling like the author was speaking just to hear himself speak. I was skipping pages because he became so repetitive and self serving. I did get the feeling that he never really did make up is mind about how he felt toward Karla. It became quite rambling; one minute opinionated and the next compassionate, spiteful then understanding. Even that might have made for a good read if it all didnt seem about HIM.
Anyhow, its worth reading the first half of the book!
At some point in the book I started feeling like the author was speaking just to hear himself speak. I was skipping pages because he became so repetitive and self serving. I did get the feeling that he never really did make up is mind about how he felt toward Karla. It became quite rambling; one minute opinionated and the next compassionate, spiteful then understanding. Even that might have made for a good read if it all didnt seem about HIM.
Anyhow, its worth reading the first half of the book!
April 4, 2016
The tale Williams tells has all the hallmarks of a great work: internationally noteworthy crime, nationally much-discussed and controversial plea bargain, and suggestions of investigative and prosecutorial shortcomings.
I found myself distracted by Williams' rather awkward story-telling, and the poor editing of the book. Williams seems to fancy himself a cross between Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thomson. He blends comments on his own adventures, the food he's dining on and the company he keeps, with specious psychological analysis of the people he writes about.
He makes an unfortunately showy use of vocabulary that I suspect serves to distance most readers, rather than impress them.
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I found myself distracted by Williams' rather awkward story-telling, and the poor editing of the book. Williams seems to fancy himself a cross between Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thomson. He blends comments on his own adventures, the food he's dining on and the company he keeps, with specious psychological analysis of the people he writes about.
He makes an unfortunately showy use of vocabulary that I suspect serves to distance most readers, rather than impress them.
See additional comments and select quotations at:
http://generationpositivecanada.blogs...
September 4, 2015
living in the next town over from this crime i wanted to read about it but as i was reading it i was hating her even more she was not victim to him but a partner and was just as bad as him if not worse cause it was not until she stepped in that people actually started dying
June 4, 2009
Boring.
Williams' writing is irritating and self-absorbed.
Williams' writing is irritating and self-absorbed.
April 22, 2015
Chilling, definitely left me feeling disturbed, but nonetheless a good study of Karla Homolka.
September 12, 2012
Interesting but should have been about half as long. Was too repetitive.
March 27, 2015
Amazing book.I LOVE this author!
September 1, 2015
This book is a self-righteous and vindictive rant.
January 2, 2016
Interesting look at the Canadian Criminal Justice System and CSC, through the lens of the Homolka/Bernardo crimes.
Writing style made it somewhat hard for me to stay immersed.
Writing style made it somewhat hard for me to stay immersed.
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