Shattered
Kathryn Casey

Harper True Crime
June 29, 2010/ ISBN 9780061582028
True Crime
Amazon

Reviewed by Jen Oliver

David Temple and his wife, Belinda Lucas, appeared to have the perfect marriage. David was always known to be king in his world, especially on the football field. His football skills landed him a coaching job at the high school where he was the star. Belinda was friendly with everyone. Their perfect life shattered when Belinda’s corpse was found in a closet. Did David kill his beautiful wife?

Kathryn Casey does an amazing job in telling this eight-year-long investigation story. The descriptions of Belinda and David were on point to show that even though Belinda was friendly and popular with everyone, David appeared to have a cold and angry streak. David was used to being the center of attention. David also became extremely overprotective of their son, Evan, and paid a lot of attention to him.

Casey’s description of the trial is entertaining and allows readers to feel like they are in the courtroom when the trial finally happens. Readers learn all the small details of David’s personality and the background of what really happened on January 11, 1999. Belinda Lucas appears to have received justice for her murder.