All the Blood We Share

A Novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas

De: Camilla Bruce

Narrado por: Teri Clark Linden, Cindy Piller, Michael Crouch

A sinister novel based on the real Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers in the old West bound by butchery and obscured by the shadows of American history.

The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain whispering of travelers lost and buried, whispering of witches. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn.

At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills—for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn’t their family prosper? They’re careful. It’s only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh.

But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep. Now as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft—or vanish themselves.

©2022 Camilla Bruce (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Awesome

This is great historical fiction. There was some truth mixed with the fiction. Sometimes there are some really scary people in the most mundane areas. And there are always people who are willing to take advantage of travelers. Combine these aspects, and you get the Bender family, a family who thought they found an easy, horrible way to fortune, but with horrible consequences.

Expected more

I enjoyed hearing the story from various characters and liked the basic storyline but the sex scenes did not contribute to the plot progression.

All the Blood We Share

A really good novel of the bloody Benders of Kansas. I loved this book and recommend it to anyone who enjoys stories about historical murderers, especially those who got away. This is a good book.

Entertaining Story

I found myself unable to stop listening to this story. I didn’t give five stars simply because I enjoy life lesson stories I can connect with. Worth a listen! Very well written!!!

Hated it

Not sure what comments that I will come up with for our book club other than I couldn’t wait for it to be over with!

Like A Bad Romance Novel

Ugh. Just ugh. From the needlessly gory descriptions of the murders to the childish whining of the main character this book is awful. Breathy, bad romance novel scenes are peppered throughout the slow trudge of the chapters. What should have been an interesting historical article dragged out into an interminable, badly written slog of a paperback. Just ugh.