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Cruel Death

M. William Phelps

The true-crime story of a homicidal husband and wife and a double murder in a Maryland resort town, by the bestselling author of It was Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer season. Thousands headed to Ocean City, Maryland, to enjoy its scenic beaches, lively boardwalk, and trendy nightclub...

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It was described as thorough and suspenseful, providing detailed insight into Erika and Benjamin's mindsets as they developed into killers. It also included Erica's confessions, which changed multiple times.

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But there is this book on it called Cruel Death by M. William Phillips.

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It was described as thorough and suspenseful, providing detailed insight into Erika and Benjamin's mindsets as they developed into killers. It also included Erica's confessions, which changed multiple times.

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But there is this book on it called Cruel Death by M. William Phillips.

This man is amazing. He's like a serial killer expert. He's written, I think, close to 65 true crime books.

I mean, this book is thorough. It does a great job at building suspense.

And I think honestly the most important thing is it gives a very detailed insight into Erica and BJ's mindset as they grow up and they develop into these deranged killers.

The author does an amazing job analyzing their actions, the mindset throughout the murder, and explaining why some of the things don't make sense and the things that they likely lied about because there's going to be a lot of lies.

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