A very well-written true crime, but the story itself just wasn't very compelling. The child and her murder seemed almost secondary. This felt, to me, more the story of weak, manipulative, controlling men and the women who enabled them. The author does a remarkable job of creating a sense of setting and character, though. 

Audiobook via Audible. Very good narration by Kevin Pierce.

His body glistening in oil and his muscles twitching like bagged frogs, Michael Green placed second in the Mr. Arizona contest.

The author's turns of phrase have me laughing in spite of the grim subject matter. 

It started out well, then bogged down in too much backstory. The author is talented, but not enough to interest me in the chronological minutiae of every move and job change the missing girl's parents and grandparents made. 

I have no idea where this is going, but I don't know that I've read a true crime that set the table as vividly as this one.

OK the random number generator picked a true crime this time. I think Char recommended this one to me, ages ago.