This book entertained me and it educated me
I love true crime stories and the more bizarre the better, although this book entertained me, it also educated me.
I knew nothing of this true story via news or press prior to reading this book so found it a fascinating read/listen. It is ultimately about how Carolyn was duped out of £850,000 by a psychopathic conman Mark Acklom, whilst also breaking down to the reader how psychopaths work.
I'm glad this book has been published as it raises important awareness to how conmen work and at the end of each chapter all the techniques are broken down and explained in more detail, such as the tactics used and what to watch out for. I did feel at times though, the author was trying to come to terms at how led astray she was and how she could have possibly fell for it in the first place. However this happens, psychopaths like this exist and I'm sure Carolyn is not the only woman this has ever happened too.
I felt frustrated at how long the police took to investigate this crime and actually applaud Carolyn at how well she kept on top of collating evidence, another important aspect I took from this book is how important keeping evidence is. Although I was shocked at how Carolyn could fall for the deceit of Mark Acklom, I was impressed at how she never gave up on getting him arrested and charged.
I finished this pleased to see how everything worked out in the end on the romance front for Carolyn. Even though both were led to each other in the most extraordinary and unbelievable circumstances.
I knew nothing of this true story via news or press prior to reading this book so found it a fascinating read/listen. It is ultimately about how Carolyn was duped out of £850,000 by a psychopathic conman Mark Acklom, whilst also breaking down to the reader how psychopaths work.
I'm glad this book has been published as it raises important awareness to how conmen work and at the end of each chapter all the techniques are broken down and explained in more detail, such as the tactics used and what to watch out for. I did feel at times though, the author was trying to come to terms at how led astray she was and how she could have possibly fell for it in the first place. However this happens, psychopaths like this exist and I'm sure Carolyn is not the only woman this has ever happened too.
I felt frustrated at how long the police took to investigate this crime and actually applaud Carolyn at how well she kept on top of collating evidence, another important aspect I took from this book is how important keeping evidence is. Although I was shocked at how Carolyn could fall for the deceit of Mark Acklom, I was impressed at how she never gave up on getting him arrested and charged.
I finished this pleased to see how everything worked out in the end on the romance front for Carolyn. Even though both were led to each other in the most extraordinary and unbelievable circumstances.