The Clutter case originated from
Holcomb Kansas in the late 1950’s; during this time, the quite suburban town
was struck by chaos due to the brutal murder of the Clutter family on a
fateful day. The case was written in a book named In Cold Blood, written by
Truman Capote who, in his nonfiction investigation of the murder, dictates the
events that occurred before and after November 15, 1959 when the Clutter
family, were murdered by Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith with a
.12-gauge shotgun. The book begins with the Clutters who go about their daily
business, until Dick and Perry, after a long drive, pull up to the Clutter home
with a shotgun ready to massacre the unsuspecting victims; the corpses were
discovered the next day and the pursuit of these men began, with detectives
investigating the case. The book gets a rating of 7 out of 10 stars overall.
The book was a well-developed investigative reporting that has credible facts,
and a precise chronological order that helped the author produce an in-depth
analysis of the event. Although at some points it would drag on becoming boring
such as the plot development leading to the ending, it became really
interesting as the case lead up to it so that’s why it deserves this rating. In
conclusion, In Cold Blood was a very fascinating book that I would recommend to
others. I would recommend this to people such as open minded people who are
interested in mystery and murder cases.
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