Scott Bartz

This was a very interesting book about the Tylenol poisonings that occurred during the early 1980s and the efforts of the victims families to bring the Tylenol Killer to justice as well as the efforts of the federal government and the pharmaceutical industry to block the investigation. While the research was well done, and the author was well informed about the events there are several issues that I have with this book. First, the formatting. The typeface is not a standard book typeface such as, Garamond and the author switches back and forth in font size with little reason to do so. Second, there are significant issues with the grammar and spelling this this text. While I would recommend this book to someone interested in the case you just need to be informed that there are significant flaws with the formatting.… (altro)

Tymurs is not your typical book with a cast of characters and a plot. Yes, it does have a plot - the death of innocent people from taking a simple medication.

This is a story about the Tylenol murders back in 1982. The FBI gave this case the code name “Tymurs”.

Had it not been that more than one person died from the same location, and the cause found to be the Tylenol capsules, we might never have known to research this farther. Yes, they were all from the greater Chicago area, but it seemed by pure luck the cause of their deaths was found.

Yes, there are a cast of characters, including the 7 people who died because of the poisoning on Tylenol capsules. There are people from Johnson & Johnson, the processing facility, the warehouse and shipping facility, the local police and the FBI. Then add in all the media.There are so many people involved it is hard to keep track, but rather easier to read with where they are from, not who they are.

I would also suggest reading with two bookmarks, as at the end of each chapter, there are pages of notes with sources and further reference.

Definitely a very interesting read and I would recommend it to everyone.… (altro)