Truman Capote is an artist when it comes to writing. In his most iconic non-fiction book “In Cold Blood,” Capote really keeps the reader interested. The book is all about a murder that happened on November 15, 1959, in the town of Holcomb, Kansas. The people that were murdered were four members of the Clutter family. This book will send chills up and down your spine as you read it as Capote talks about the murder and his experience with it.

“In Cold Blood” will send chills up and down your spine throughout the entire book. I thought it was really interesting how Capote actually went to the town and interviewed multiple people about the murders. He tried to gather as many interviews and different perspectives as he could to make this such a great story. This allows the reader to see the types of mindsets the people had and the way they told their side of the murders. It’s amazing how Capote makes the book seem almost non-fiction with the descriptions and point of views he has in the story, but it’s all real. Capote was also very good at building up suspense in the book and give it somewhat of a frightened type of feeling for the reader. There is so much detail that you feel like you were actually in the town at that time and dealt with all the chaos that was happening. This book is not for everyone in the way that it is written so vividly.

This is one of the best crime books of all time and will really make you think and once you finish the book you will be amazed by how well  Capote wrote this book.