If you like good fiction, then this is a book for you. There are some interesting details about the crime but the author glances over the obvious; these idiots think they can kill a man, toss him in a paper pulp vat and collective silence will insure their freedom. They insulted the good people and the courts with their arrogance. Save your money.
Rating: 1 / 5

I have so much to say yet I kept saying “wow” over and over again at the injustice of everything that occurred. It saddens me a great deal at this blatant, obvious travesty of “un” due process. I appreciate how you, the authors laid out this book. You put the pure simple “facts” out there for people to see. You weren’t hypocritical in your writing and took the paths that the GBPD, DA’s office and jurors did in assuming a “guilty until proven innocent” stance. You set out to find the TRUTH. What I really don’t understand is how the before-mentioned people can look at themselves in the mirror each day and feel good about where things lie with this case? How do they sleep at night? Or haven’t they really? I don’t think they will truly ever be at peace until they “right” their “wrongs”. It is time to lay pride and ego aside and admit you made errors and correct this before any more time is lost for these 5 men that remain in prison. If Mr. Zakowski and the GBPD do not muster up the strength and character to do this, I believe no one will ever truly trust them again. It’s not waiting to be lost, it is lost by the community already. This book is also a good lesson for those personality types that are so hell bent on always being right even when they are not as Kutska was with just having to obtain that tape. Had he not had the desire to be such a bully Tom’s life would have been spared and six men would not have needlessly gone to prison. Look what it not only cost himself but he dragged others in as well. It was also a good reminder for me personally to NEVER assume anything-EVER. My heart goes out to those in prison and if there is any way I can help, please let me know as you have my support. I would be more than honored to write letters, talk to people, whatever it takes. I grew up in GB but currently reside about 3 hours South of you but I’m certainly passing the book around and talking about it with everyone I can. God bless all of you for your hard work and effort, for the pursuit of truth and not giving up. My hat also goes off to Mike P. as he could have just left it all in the wind when he got out and just lived for himself. He didn’t and no one would put this much time into something if he thought for a second that any one of those men were guilty. I’ll continue to pray for healing for the Monfil’s family and for exoneration for these five men yet in prison and for the possible person(s) who committed the crime to have the courage to do what is right and come forward. Keep the faith!

Rating: 5 / 5

This book was well researched and well written. As a fan of mysteries I enjoyed the formula this book followed. I was kept in suspense throughout the book waiting for the conclusion of this mystery. In the end, there was no conclusion since the death was never confirmed as a suicide or a murder. The reason why no conclusion could be drawn was that many of the clues and leads that were present in the beginning of the story were not collected, ignored, or misinterpreted. This book convinces me that this case is far from being solved and may lead to this case and other cases the detective was involved with to be reviewed as Innocence Project cases.
Rating: 5 / 5

I didn’t know anything about this case until I had the pleasure of meeting John Gaie. I have recently met and talked with Denis Gullickson and Mike Piaskowski as well and all three of these men have only one agenda, and that is to right a huge wrong. They are all men of integrity and only want true justice to be served. This book is a fantastic read. It is clearly obvious to me that they have done some meticulous research. They make many valid points to argue their case. I have become so passionate and outraged about this case that I have followed the real life drama and have gotten involved, helping to get the word out and books into the hands of anyone that will read it! I do believe these authors are onto something here.
Rating: 5 / 5

I found The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men to be one of the most compelling, best written, best researched, best organized, and most convincing books I’ve ever read. As a resident of Green Bay, Wisconsin, where the death of Tom Monfils took place at the James River Paper Mill on Nov. 21, 1992, and as a person who had assumed that whatever the court decided was THE TRUTH, I felt a sense of justice and relief when six fellow workers were convicted of his murder on Oct. 28, 1995. A few years ago, someone near and dear to me said, “That man is not a murderer,” and I began to rethink the situation.

“That man” is Mike Piaskowski, the only one of the six who has been exonerated and released from prison, and who has spent the last eight years of his life corroborating with The Monfils Conspiracy authors Denis Gullickson and John Gaie in an attempt to set the record straight and bring about justice for the other five. With no sentimental manipulation, with nothing but thousands of verifiable details from the Green Bay police records and interviews of persons involved, these three men have helped me realize that the most dangerous “criminal” often turns out to be our flawed justice system. And more than any other book I’ve read, this tale of a double tragedy has taught me NEVER TO ASSUME. I encourage everyone who agrees with Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and me that “A little learning is a dangerous thing” to read The Monfils Conspiracy: The Conviction of Six Innocent Men.

Shirley De Lorme
Rating: 5 / 5