Now I Lay Me Down

by Faith Phillips

From the author of 'Ezekiel’s Wheels' and 'It’s Not That Hard To' comes the true crime novel Now I Lay Me Down. Ten years ago, two little girls went for a walk down a dirt road and never made it back home. Their brutal murders sent a sleepy Oklahoma community into a spiral of grief and sparked the largest investigative pursuit in OSBI history. Pressure mounted when the investigative team ruled out an exhaustive list of suspects and the remains of another young woman were discovered in a smoldering fire. The untested Assistant District Attorney, not long out of law school, found herself heading up a “War Room” assembled by officials to catch the killer. This is the true life story of three murdered girls and the Oklahoma woman who pursued their killer.

Genres: Nonfiction

238 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2018

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is hard to rate a book about murdered children because I don't want to be at all dismissive about their lives or fates. This book though is mostly about the legal process of finding and convicting a killer. The primary focus is the life and career of the prosecutor involved. The book was well written and easy to read. There is minimal information about the victims or their families. It is horrifying to understand that the killer probably would have gotten away with his crime if he hadn't gone on to kill someone else. The trial described in the book was mostly about his third victim. Overall a good true crime book focused on the legal process.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly written. Sometimes true crime stories can get bogged down in legal jargon and proceedings making the focus turn to the suspect and not the victims. Phillips wrote almost every word with the victims in mind. This book had several angles and I must admit, I think somewhere down the line, the convicted needed (as his former friend stated) intervention.

[Nancy Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is spellbinding.

[Misty Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good true crime novel

[Sheri Elsasser · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well-written true crime story. A horrific tragedy in small town Oklahoma.