Book reviews: In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote 10 Articles

by Sun Meilan

In the late 1950s, the Clutter family parents and two children were found mysteriously murdered in their Kansas home. The family was wealthy, but highly respected and liked in the neighbourhood and there seemed to be no ...read more

by Joyce D. Sinclair

It's the chilling tale of one of the most gruesome murders in late 1950s Kansas. A crime so heinous that only Truman Capote could tell it like it was meant to be told. His account of the Holcomb murders became a best-sel...read more

by Ray Fauteux

Once in a while a book comes along that can hold you in it's grip for a long, long time. "In Cold Blood" is one of those stories that you never quite forget. There was something so frightening about it that it never let...read more

by Nikki H.

Capote's intrigue was captured by brief news report of a quadruple murder in the quiet town of Holcomb, Kansas in November 1959, and through In Cold Blood he manages to instill the same intrigue and horror in his audience....read more

by Krystle Hernandez

In 1959 wealthy farmer Herbert Clutter, his wife, and two children were in their Holcomb, Kansas home when they were brutally murdered. Not long after their bodies were found, the suspected culprits were caught in Las Veg...read more

by Bethany Jones

If you enjoyed the movie "Mr. Brooks," you will love reading "In Cold Blood." Truman Capote's tale of a murdered family is gripping. He writes with ease and sophistication, but in a language that is easy for the reader...read more

by Anncan

As for "In Cold Blood", you CAN judge a book by its cover. Are you squeamish? Be warned. You will visit every gory detail of the murder of this family of four. It is captivating. It is nauseating. It is edge of your sea...read more

by Georgina Brandt

While attending El Camino College for what became my technical drafting degree later, I took a required composition class in which I had to do a research paper on my reasons to support or not the death penalty; at the time...read more

by Bobby Coles

In Cold Blood will have your blood curdling as you tremble through each gripping page. Truman Capote penned this masterpiece, deemed a literary classic, based on a short little essay that he read in the back of a newspaper...read more

by Calvin Davis

"In Cold Blood" is just as the title indicates. The murders that were committed to inspire Truman Capote to pursue this story were committed in cold blood, without any reason or motive. The killers' blood had not begun to...read more