I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would... I never thought a book could scare me, but when the family discovered the bodies of the Clutters, I was by myself and it was about 1 in the morning, and I thought, "Wow, I definitely should have waited until morning to read this." That's effective writing. I knew the premise of the book, but didn't know how far it was going to go before or after the murders and trial. Normally, I feel if this had been written by anyone else it would have been dry reading since it isn't a genre I generally get into. But Capote is a very talented writer and In Cold Blood is one of the few stories about a murder that I actually enjoyed.