Review for Silent Scream By Torill Trent

To me a good book invokes emotion and thought. The stronger the reactions, the better the book and "Silent Scream" brought out both. The emotion was anger and the thoughts are ongoing. I've been by the areas mentioned in the book and scenes from the book can't help but creep in and then comes the anger of how could all this happen. We know Gerard Schaefer was a disturbed, evil man and the book documents every aspect of his scary psyche. The book also follows the men and women who had first hand contact with him during the trial and after. Very well done.
My thoughts go out to the people involved or affected by these kind of events. The people who stumbled across evidence, or who helped in the searches. Someone, like my mother, who maybe saw Gerard with a "victim", or who saw someone who fit a "description" and disappeared. The question of did I really see that, or was that really him and can it ever be resolved in your mind or soul. A single event that can change a life forever. The sad thing is that Schaefer wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last.

Torill Trent