A review by jerihurd
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale

3.0

While the first half of the book is compelling as it relates the story of this rather bizarre crime, it was ultimately dissatisfying for me, it seemed rather pointless in that it drew no conclusions, had no larger point to make. It's as if the author said, "Look at this really interesting thing that happened," then left it at that, with the second half just meandering to the end.