Reddit reviews The Monster of Florence

great book!

For the most part they solved the case. It's just that that absolute wacko nut job of a prosecutor They have over there refused to do his job.

also, this is the same prosecutor that prosecuted the Amanda Knox case. The guy is informed by conspiracy theories, numerology theories related to Satan worshiping, and other crazy nonsense. he is batshit insane.

The suspect they pegged the book you are referring to, linked here.

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/1455573825/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498144569&sr=8-1&keywords=monster+of+florence.

Is almost certainly guilty of those murders. He fits the FBI profile perfectly, he had the motive and ability, he had the proper psychological history, he was living near the murders every time, etc. etc.

You can try sorting by "top" on this sub though I just did that and didn't exactly get a ton of longer ones.

Off the top of my head, I know there's also a long write-up on Casey Anthony on the sub.

Then I've found I've stumbled upon a few longer write-ups online that I have really been engaged in.

Sneha Philips


Maura Murray

The murders of Jo Rogers and her daughters Michelle and Christe
(this one has a resolution but I was drawn in by the writing)

Also try going to longreads.com and I think you can sort by "crime" there.

Then.. if you really get into it, a few book recommendations!


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


The Monster of Florence


People Who Eat Darkness

The Lost City of Z

Another example of how crazy the Italian justice system is, is The Monster of Florence http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/1455573825/

A story of murder, superstitious prosecutors, incompetent detectives, much like the Amanda Knox case.

Sure! It’s been along time since I’ve read it… It actually I think is more about the “monster of Florence” case than the Amanda Knox case. It’s similar in that the same prosecutor is involved. This crazy guy accused the American author and his friend of being the murderer out of thin air. And then he did the same thing to Amanda Knox and her boyfriend and others. After his experience in Italy, author Douglas Preston spoke out for Amanda because he had been put in the same situation.

You can read the reviews and see what you think!
The Monster of Florence https://www.amazon.com/dp/1455573825/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_oEC9BbT80TJKD

For anyone interested in learning more about "Italian justice", I strongly recommend the book The Monster of Florence, a real-life tale of a novelist getting caught up in the bizarre machinations of Italian criminal investigations while studying a long-standing unsolved crime. Fascinating, and it has a tie-in at the end to the original Knox trial.

I ache for this poor girl as I truly think her life is lost, unfairly and irrevocably, to a despicably corrupt justice system.

Get her a good serial killer book. Here's some of my favourites:

Sudden Terror East Area Rapist

In the Wake of the Butcher [revised] Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run

Monster of Florence

There's another good reason to do this one. One of the main investigators also worked on the monster of florence case. Its a crazy story

The police were super incompetent, part of hannibal lecters story is based on theories about the killer, it must be a physician, its the top journalist covering the case, its a secret satanic cult, so much stuff.

Theres a great book by two jouranalists that investigated the case. The American was charged and banned from the country for obstruction of justice and the Italian journalist was imprisoned on suspicion that he was the killer. Its bonkers.

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/1455573825

e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Mignini This is the batshit Italian prosecutor involved in both cases. He's ripe for LPOTL

The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/1455573825

This book was so amazing and an interesting look into the Italian justice system through the unsolved murders of a serial killer from the 70s. It also includes other issues at the time of the publication of this book including censorship of the press. I honestly loved this book through how it personally affected the author of this book (which I won’t spoil how). I feel like it is also important to note that while this book is based on crimes that aren’t world famous and so reading about it for the first time is so eye opening and interesting.

Douglas Preston's The Monster of Florence goes into this in some detail. Preston, a crime novelist by trade, teamed with a journalist to revisit the Monster of Florence killings that occurred in Italy in the 1970s and 1980s. Along the way they discuss the involvement of the media and press in perpetuating falsehoods, conducting character assassinations, and generally mucking it up for investigators. It's a really fascinating read.

This is a good read, and it really shows how awful the Italian justice system was. https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Florence-Douglas-Preston/dp/1455573825