I read this book in a day because once I began reading I didn't want to stop. Chris and Shanann both seemed utterly normal, although he was quiet and she was the opposite. The author meticulously documents their life before meeting and during their marriage and also the crime itself and the trial afterwards. The crime is of course horrific but the story of how this couple got to that point is fascinating in itself and well laid out. What also intrigued me about this book was how much of Chris and Shanann's lives and the murder itself played out on social media and how the case against Chris was largely built by reclaiming data from email, internet and webcam.

Thank you #netgalley and #stmartins for the e-review copy of this book.

An informative look at this horrific act a man who killed his pregnant wife and two young children .An act so horrific in a act that is almost impossible to think about..I had read about this sad act in the newspapers and on tvthis well written book really Steph by step tells us what this evil man did .#netgalley#st.martins,

I read this in under 12 hours because I was so excited to read more about this case. Unfortunately, I didn't learn anything knew. I wasn't someone who followed this case closely but somehow I still don't feel like I learned anything that I didn't already know except the background of Chris and Shanann. With that being said, it would still a good and informative read for someone who didn't know anything. The writing made it easy to understand and I never felt confused because the author told this story wonderfully.

I have read a couple of books regarding the Watts murders. This one didn't have any revelations,but it was an accurate account of the incidents. Such a sad event . Why didn't he just divorce Shanann? There is no stigma to getting a divorce. Killing your entire family though? Yeah,that one is hard to get over.

I absolutely adore true crime books, psychology & what makes a seemingly normal person commit such a heinous crime. Chris Watt, doting husband & amazing father & Shannann doing everything she could to look after her family....what was going through his head when he strangled his wife & his two young girls...the terror the younger ones must have felt at the hands of this man whom they were supposed to trust. Started off slow & to be fair It was all the talk of 'thrive' that was putting me off, I actually began to think the author himself was a thrive consultant. Couldn't put the book down in the end.

It’s an all too familiar story. A wife and children disappear and the tear stained, devastated father and husband makes an emotional plea for their safe return. Sadly, this family will never return and the man asking for help knows that because he’s the one who killed them. This story is based on the Watts family specifically Chris Watts, (who has been coined a family annihilator), the man who killed his wife and two daughters. Neighbors and friends were shocked, the man they knew could never have done something like this, but a closer examination revealed a man on the edge, more than capable of committing the most unforgivable of crimes. Do we read true crime to assure us that we are safe in out own little worlds? If so, then there is little reassurance here.