Summary Of The Novel 'In Cold Blood'

The novel In Cold Blood tells the story of a family living the “American dream”: a well-respected family liked by all that consisted of a mother, father, son and daughter who both excelled in school and extracurricular activities. One night, the family was viciously murdered and robbed, and the killers fled the scene and managed to avoid authorities for a considerable amount of time, until thorough investigation led to the capture of Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. The novel most definitely depicts a tragedy, but as the search for the murderers prolongs, the question of who’s tragedy, the innocent family or the misguided murderers, lingers over the reader. The Clutter family was viewed by every other family in Holcomb as the perfect family.