Portrait of a Monster

Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery

De: Lisa Pulitzer, Cole Thompson

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. A 22-year-old Dutchman, Joran van der Sloot, was arrested in connection with the murder, only to be released after questioning. He admitted to being present for Holloway's death - but later recanted his statement. In 2010, on the five-year anniversary of Holloway's disappearance, a young business student in Peru named Stephany Flores Ramirez disappeared, only to be found dead three days later in a hotel room - registered to Joran van der Sloot. He was arrested, and confessed, but later claimed it was coerced. With unprecedented access to investigative files from law enforcement in multiple countries, Portrait of a Monster offers a chilling portrait of the alleged killer within an international manhunt.

©2011 Lisa Pulitzer and Cole Thompson (P)2011 Dreamscape Media

Great listen

Would you listen to Portrait of a Monster again? Why?

No, but it was good the first time.
depressing story. parents were too lenient especially his father.

interesting

i did not like the narrator. she was annoying and flat. hard ro focus on the content.

Great story, narrator mispronounces Joran's name

Great story and learned new details from the book I hadn't heard anywhere else. My only issue is the narrator mispronounces Joran Van der Sloots last name wrong & as much as you hear it through out the book it gets annoying.

What a scum!

Wow no idea this case was so involved. These families will be in my prayers forever. And I’m glad to see the US now doing something with this creep! Excellent book.

A little repetitive

As I timeshare owner in Aruba, my interest was piqued by this title. I learned a few new things about the Natalee case and many new things about the Peru case. I did determine that Joran (pronounced urine) is pretty much a pathological liar and I'm pretty dumbfounded about the news organizations (and others) who kept paying him to tell them lies. I have been to many of the places described in Aruba and may have actually passed him by. That's pretty frighteneing. This was pretty much a three-star book and quite repetitious at times. I think I've gotten my fill of Joran. The narration was good. If you are a fan of true detective stories or are familiar with the settings in this book, then you will probably "enjoy" it.