• Deliver Us

  • Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields
  • By: Kathryn Casey
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (180 ratings)

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Deliver Us

By: Kathryn Casey
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Publisher's summary

Over a three-decade span, more than 20 women - many teenagers - died mysteriously in the small towns bordering Interstate 45, a 50-mile stretch of highway running from Houston to Galveston. The victims were strangled, shot, or savagely beaten.

The day she vanished, Colette Wilson waited for her mother after band practice. Best friends Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson loved to surf and were last seen hitchhiking. Laura Kate Smither dreamed of becoming a ballerina and disappeared just weeks before her thirteenth birthday.

In this harrowing true crime exposition, award-winning journalist Kathryn Casey tracks these tragic cases, investigates the evidence, interviews the suspects, and pulls back the cloak of secrecy in search of elusive answers.

©2015 Kathryn Casey (P)2015 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Casey's vivid writing and dogged research establish her as one of the very best true crime writers in the business." (Carlton Stowers, author of Careless Whispers)

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Creepy creepy creepy

Well researched and bleeping chilling, this was very hard to put down. These stories very scary and terribly heartbreaking. After reading this one I'm inclined to watch my back, never park next to a van, never go running alone or EVER accept road assistance from a stranger. Lock the car doors and call AAA.

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Author bites more than she can chew

This book started off with plenty of promise. But fell very flat. There seems to be no connection between most of the murders. And the author admits as much. So what you get is 11 hours of cases spanning 3 decades with little more than details of police findings. There is very little investigation involved. No closure. No theories. Consider this an 11 hour Wikipedia page. Not worth the credit.

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Glad it's over

Would you try another book from Kathryn Casey and/or Tanya Eby?

Probably not, if it is anything like this one

What could Kathryn Casey have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Less filler material and more story

What about Tanya Eby’s performance did you like?

Great narration, there was nothing wrong with the reader

What character would you cut from Deliver Us?

Doesn't apply since it wasn't fiction

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Despite the great narration and interesting subject, this was very hard to listen to. I was happy when it was over. Hours of rambling on about non essential things. Who cares what kind of shops are along the highway? It's not a travel guide. Half way through I still wasn't sure if the book was about only one or several killers. So far the worst true crime I have come across.

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Incredible coverage

Hard to step away from...I listened to the whole thing quick. Really struck a chord since I live in this area. I will also be more aware because of this book. I highly recommend listening and plan to talk about as much as possible since we do not know what a killer looks like.

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Excellent.

One of the best true crime books I've read. Well researched and written. Finished it in one day.

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3 stars

This book was read like the narrator was a news reporter. Facts, dates and names. The content of the book was decent but it never had me on the edge of my seat. The narrator's attempt at imitating male voices was terrible and the timeline kept jumping around. If you love true crime you will probably like it but won't love it.

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Narrator's driving me crazy...

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, the narration!

What other book might you compare Deliver Us to and why?

Cannot recall another narration that left me so disturbed and distracted.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Tanya Eby?

I do not know... but there are excellent ones out there doing true crime.

Was Deliver Us worth the listening time?

I am not totally decided yet whether or not I can continue with this book. I am going to try. But I am also going to search for a different book.

Any additional comments?

The narration style is what my peeve is. It is the parts where the narrator is imitating the voice of a quotation. She uses a lower-pitched, nasal, sort of drawling style that is so fakey and irritating, it is impossible to just accept it and listen on without becoming focused and turned off by that nasal-type drone, that NO ONE in the story so far would have really sounded anything like.

I wonder why she thinks this affectation is necessary for so compelling a story! I am positive just reading the quotations straight through in her regular voice would have been totally fine and at least would not have been so disruptive and nauseating to adapt to while trying to follow the story along.

I have listened to umpteen audiobooks and noticed various narration styles, and flaws, without being particularly picky about them - each narrator has their own style and in general, I have no trouble with them; they do not have to read the same exact way I would read myself.

But this whine, this fakey, annoying tone, to my ear by NO means sounds like, for example, what a grieving mother would sound like, nor a police investigator. Or even a suspect, for that matter. The narrator seems to use that same lame, drawn-out pitch for all the various personalities being described in the story.

I am really interested in the story and how it all fits together (or doesn't) and want to go on with it. It is an even draw right now, whether I will be able to finish it. If I can find something else to keep my addiction to audiobooks going while I work at my chores, I will dump this thing in a heartbeat. But if it comes down to this or nothing, then I am stuck, because I require my listening to fuel my chores...



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Great book!

Would you listen to Deliver Us again? Why?

Probably not. Not because it wasn't a great book, but I really don't usually go back and read/listen to books twice.

What other book might you compare Deliver Us to and why?

Not sure.

Which scene was your favorite?

The heartbreaking accounts of what the families were going through once their daughters went missing was very well written and researched.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

All of it.

Any additional comments?

Ok. So here is my only complaint. Tanya Eby did a great job with the narration, EXCEPT when she would go into a man's voice. No reason to lower your voice like 1/2 an octave. She sounded nothing like a man, and it just became annoying and ridiculous. Just use your normal voice. We know when it's a man talking. It was reaaaallllyyyy annoying!

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Fascinating Story

I live in the area this documentary is based on and drive up and down I45 pretty much everyday. It gave me chills to hear the accounts especially when I pass certain areas. Great book.

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Worst narration ever...

This could very well be a good story but I couldn’t tell because I was so distracted by the narration. Choppy and robotic, the narrator reads this story as if she is reading a commercial disclaimer. Except, of course, when she invents some bizarre voice to read a quote. So unnecessary.

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