Pretty Little Killers

The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese

De: Daleen Berry, Geoffrey C. Fuller

Narrado por: Pam Ward

After killer Shelia Eddy pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison and Rachel Shoaf was sentenced to thirty years for second-degree murder, family, friends, investigators, and other key sources reveal the facts you would have learned if the case had gone to trial.

Including specific details drawn from Rachel's confession, Pretty Little Killers looks at the crime through the eyes of the victim and killers, providing intimate testimony from the pages of Rachel's personal journal, Skylar's diary and school papers, and court records. Daleen Berry and Geoffrey C. Fuller examine all this, including previously unreported details about Rachel and Shelia's rumored lesbian relationship, and explain why more than one investigator believes that Skylar's murder was a thrill kill. Most important, Pretty Little Killers provides a satisfying answer to Skylar's final question: "Why?"

©2014 Daleen Berry and Geoffrey C. Fuller (P)2014 Tantor

"I finally decided to get this....

"Because I had read reviews that were not so great, but I caved because there is nothing else on this case . I agree that it is generic info that doesn't tell the listener any new details and you will only be ingesting the Twitter and Facebook posts Already released .
This book felt so rushed and written so quickly after the tragedy that the book doesn't even include the pleas of the girls.
I hope a more thorough book is published with the answer to the fundamental question that this book did not answer, which is WHY? Why did they do this and "because we didn't like her isn't cutting it." Someone needs to delve deeper into what was going on in the minds of the girls".

Amazing Book

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Nothing kept my interest throughout

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

How they tried to cover it up

Which character – as performed by Pam Ward – was your favorite?

Skylar

Did Pretty Little Killers inspire you to do anything?

Keep a close check on all my granddaughters friends

Any additional comments?

Great book

Great Details

Loved it!! Couldn't stop listening and I appreciated all the details!!! Happy I found this

So heartbreaking

I listen to this audiobook to get a better grasp on the crime. I still can’t wrap my head around how to best friends conspired to kill their best friend. This was very well narrated and written.

Amazing book... enough said

What made the experience of listening to Pretty Little Killers the most enjoyable?

The fact that it looked at the crime from everyones angle that was involved. I played out like a story.... it made you fall in love and almost forget it was real. It was truly amazing summery of events.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

Knowing that it was real. Finding out the truth behind each girl. The Media really name Sheila and Rachel look a lot different then who they were..... Sheila is truly evil!

Which character – as performed by Pam Ward – was your favorite?

You cant pick a favourite in this kind of book.... You fall in love with Skylar, who she was and the legacy she left behind. I do feel the smallest amount of sympathy for Racheal as i went to school with a girl that couldn't remind me more of her. When your that young you can lose reality.... I think she got caught up in something wanting to impress..... and got lost along that way... but what she did was wrong and she got the punishment she deserved.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead....

Any additional comments?

I truly think this book deserves more publicity... These things are happening more and more. More girls need to read this.

An awful story that I think could have been written a little better.

The book just jumped around too much. It jumped to different areas and then repeated itself. Had a hard time following it a few times. No matter what, it’s a terrible terrible tragic story.

Pretty Little Narcissistic Sociopaths, that is

The narrator is pretty good once you get used to her.

This book tells the story of Skylar Neese, a teen who went missing in West Virginia. She snuck out of her family’s apartment to go joyriding with her 2 best friends, and never came home. This book is the story of how her 2 best friends are the ones who killed her, and they almost got away with it. One of the teens involved had a nervous breakdown and confessed, and helped get the other teen arrested. Further complicating this is the fact that by the end of the story the motive remains unclear, the excuse offered up was that they just “didn’t like” the victim anymore. The 2 suspects were having a lesbian affair and ultimately it just seems that if those 2 had never met and turned a friendship into a group of 3, none of this would have ever happened.

Another interesting thing is how this crime played out on Twitter. To this day, the killer and victims tweets are still up. It’s hard to fathom how 2 teenagers killed their “best friend” and had the nerve to keep going around her parents feigning innocence and worry.

This is Skylar’s story, and there is justice to be had in this book for telking her story so truthfully and compassionately. It serves as a warning to teens and parents to get an idea of what this toxic friendship with a probable sociopath (Shelia Eddy) looked like. The other killer, Rachel Shoaf, is as guilty but at least her conscience broke her in the end.

A sad TRAGIC story told wonderfully.<br />

A sad TRAGIC story told wonderfully and very detailed. It's told in a way that lets you get to know the main people, there backgrounds and the day to day lives of the main people. You can see the tragedy unfold before your eye's. you see the lies the betrayal and the premeditated planing that two young teenage girl's perpetrated against there best friend in cold blood. Evil comes in all shapes and sizes and sometimes it's a pretty little teenage girl you call your best friend.
R.I.P. Skylar Neese.

A good listen if you want to know about the case

This was a very good explanation of all the crazy and tragic happenings behind the murder of Skylar Neese. Definitely worth a listen if you are a fan of true crime. It was well researched and accurate and the story kept my attention.

My only complaints are the occasional hearsay, but its not over the top and facts generally are stated. There are parts though that focus on it too much and thus a loss of a star. The narrator's pronunciation of the word 'sex' also drove me crazy, but I didn't remove a star for something so silly.

Author defines "idk," but not "scissoring"

Unclear who the intended audience is--the author explains what "idk" means, but casually mentions scissoring without explanation. references a LOT of tweets from both the murderers and the victim--feels like cherry picking to make a hagiography for Skylar and to find additional evidence that murderers are bad people. the book ends with a chapter about how to monitor and discipline your children, lest they become murderers as well.