This book was amazing to me because of how much Alice Crimmons seems reminiscent of Casey Anthony, another woman prosecuted in the court of public opinion because she didn't act "motherly" enough in the face of tragedy. To me, this is what makes true crime exciting and relevant; it's not the sensational nature, it's looking at the way our society treats these crimes. In this very well-researched book, it shows how quick our society was (and I'd argue still is) to blame a woman. Very cool, very discussion provoking.

The book is about The Alice Crimmins Case. Alice was the mother of 2 children, Eddie Jr and Missy. The children were taken from their apartment and murdered. Of course, Alice, the mother, was the prime suspect. The police zeroed in on her because they felt like she was a bad mother. She went out with men (she was separated from her husband), so they concentrated on her sex life, which made her a bad mom to them. Alice was convicted, then it was overturned, this happened a couple of times until she finally was convicted and was released on parole. But there was still questions about her guilt. Did she really do it? This book was really good in describing everything from beginning to the end. If you did not know anything about this case, you do afterwards. And it was done in a way that made it easy to understand, since there was so much information, with there being 3 trials. The author also did not portray Alice as anything other than an average mother who was accused of this heinous crime. The writing was very good. It kept me reading. I found it hard to put down. I do recommend this book. It is one of those crimes that was a "crime of the century" for America. Anyone interested in true crime or criminal justice should read this.

This was a very interesting, well researched book. I do wonder if the case would have played out the same way if it had taken place in a more modern time.

On July 14, 1963, Alice Crimmins children went missing. Her 5 year old son Eddie Jr. and 4 year old daughter Alice Marie (Missy) were put to bed by their mother around 8 PM and never seen alive again.

Alice lived alone in the family home with the children and her estranged Husband Edmund (Eddie) lived elsewhere. They married as high school sweethearts. Eddie worked as an airplane mechanic and Alice was a homemaker. After the children were born, their marriage became stagnant.

I love the true crime aspect of this, but honestly there was no real investigation or crime solved. This was more of a mother on trial for the murder of her children because of the unorthodox lifestyle she lived. It was so horrifying to see how these two detectives Gerard H. Piering and George Martin pass judgement as soon as they arrive at the house. Overall, this was a great books and an interesting read.

My thanks to Penzler Publishers / Crime Ink, The Author, Anais Renevier as well as NetGalley, for the opportunity to read and review an early copy of The Alice Crimmins Case

I enjoyed this very well-researched and well-written book about the very tragic case of Alice Crimmins whose children disappeared on July 14, 1965 and were found murdered. It was a very complicated case and investigations were carried out a lot differently back then than they are today.

Thank you NetGalley and Penzler Publishers for the ARC of this very interesting book.

I am a huge lover of true crime! I had first heard of this story from the YouTuber Bailey Sarian, and I was intrigued to learn more about this case. This book was well written and researched. I think it's always interesting when the clues and evidence presented kind of makes you ponder what the truth really is and what really happened.

Thanks NetGalley for this opportunity!

Wow. There was so much about this book that I learned. The formatting of the book was messed up, so it made it hard to reward, but the detail was insane.

What an interesting book. I loved reading about this case and all the intricate details - some that came during the case and some that were different after the fact. I was left wondering the truth ... which a great book that makes. I truly felt for Alice, and her husband, wondering throughout what the real truth was.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from netgalley. I was not required to write a review and all opinions are mine.

*The publisher has provided me with an advance readers copy in exchange for an honest review.*

"To Detective Piering, the contents of the box were an affront to his deeply held moral values. In the world of this fervent Catholic, wives did not kick their husbands to the curb. They did not drink alcohol. They did not attend lavish parties. And they certainly did not take lovers. This, when his colleague, Detective George Martin, finally arrived, Piering suggested they conduct two separate interrogations. He already knew who he'd be taking care of. "You take Eddie. I'll take the bitch.""

In 2024, Alice Crimmins would be subject to body language experts and TikTok detectives; in 1965, the morality police was more localized but no less vicious. Less a true crime story and more a sociological study of a woman made into an example entirely against her will, Renevier makes no attempt to solve the case (though she does bring up the many, many loose ends that detectives failed to follow up on due to their fixation on Alice) but simply follows the case from start to finish, noting the ways in which social shifts altered public perception of the case (unsurprisingly, the New York Post turned on Alice after it was bought by Rupert Murdoch.) It's a quick read, and easy - if "easy" is a term that can be applied to such a horrible story - and if the description piques your interest at all, I would recommend it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the Kindle ARC in exchange for an honest review. Alice Crimmins' children went missing on a summer night in 1963. Alice lived a lifestyle that wasn't widely approved of in that time period. She was separated from her husband, was attractive and dressed to show her figure, wore makeup and saw men outside her marriage. She was immediately a suspect in her young son and daughter's deaths, not because of any incriminating evidence - just based on the fact that she wasn't a woman of "morals." The children were found dead a few days after their disappearance and the police and press did all they could in their power to incriminate and charge her in the crime. Anais Renevier has accurately portraited a grim reality for women - based on their appearances. Times were different in 1963 but her treatment compared to the many male suspects in the case was blatantly and suspiciously different. I wasn't familiar with this case before reading this book and I'm glad I did because it was an eye-opener and put together very well.

I received a free copy of, The Alice Crimmins Case, by Anais Renevier, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. In New York in 1965, brother Eddie 5, and his sister Missy, 4 were found murdered, their mom Alice Crimmins was the main suspect. There was a time when a mother would be the last person suspected of murdering their children, how times have changed. I remember watching a tv show about this case, this was a good read.

This was a really well done true crime nonfiction book, it does a great job in telling the Alice Crimmins story in a respectful way and was researched perfectly. I thought this was a great way to tell the story and Anais Renevier had a great writing style.