The Confessions of an American Black Widow

The Confessions of an American Black Widow
Author: Gregg Olsen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1998-06-15
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9780312965037

The account of Sharon Lynn Nelson, a beautiful, charming woman who seemedto be the perfect wife. But she couldn't get enough - enough sex, enoughmoney, or enough of her rugged lover, Gary Adams.

Abandoned Prayers

Abandoned Prayers
Author: Gregg Olsen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1429907525

On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as "Little Boy Blue," unclaimed and unidentified-- until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli Stutzman, the boy's father. Eli Stutzman, the son of an Amish bishop, was by all appearances a dedicated farmer and family man in the country's strictest religious sect. But behind his quiet façade was a man involved with pornography, sadomasochism, and drugs. After the suspicious death of his pregnant wife, Stutzman took his preschool-age son, Danny, and hit the road on a sexual odyssey ending with his conviction for murder. But the mystery of Eli Stutzman and the fate of his son didn't end on the barren Nebraska plains. It was just beginning. . . Gregg Olsen's Abandoned Prayers is an incredible true story of murder and Amish secrets.

Black Widow

Black Widow
Author: Marion Collins
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2007-05-29
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1466819944

A FALLEN OFFICER Glenn Turner was a big strong cop, a good friend, a loyal husband, and a loving son. But Glenn died in agony—his body racked with spasms, his mind plunged into delirium. And by the time he was found dead, Glen's wife was more than ready for his funeral. A SEDUCTIVE WIDOW Julia "Lynn" Turner, a former sheriff's assistant and 911 operator, had a thing for men in uniform—and for their money. While detectives and forensic examiners ruled Glenn's death the result of a virulent flu, time would tell another story. Lynn was already secretly living with Randy Thompson, a firefighter, who would meet the same excruciating death... A POISONOUS TRUTH... Driven by family who would not give up their quest for justice, a new investigation and an explosive trial eventually exposed the truth about a woman who had a way of making men die, and about a means of murder that was pure intoxicating evil.

Cruel Deception

Cruel Deception
Author: Gregg Olsen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1429907533

Gregg Olsen tells the whole shocking story of this true crime in Cruel Deception. In and out of hospitals since birth, angelic nine-month-old Morgan Reid finally succumbed to what appeared to be Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Morgan's Texas-born mother Tanya, a nurse and devoted wife, pulled up stakes with her grieving husband Jim, and moved on. It was the best way to put the past behind them. Until their son Michael, a boy who by all accounts was terrified of his mother, began showing signs of the same affliction that stole the life of his baby sister... First, the suspicion: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Then, Tanya was charged and convicted with felony child abuse of her son. She was later tried and ultimately convicted for first degree murder of Morgan. It would become a landmark trial that unfolded in a series of reversals and bizarre twists of fate as it gradually revealed another side of Tanya Reid--of her own troubling childhood and the dark secrets that drove a woman to the cruelest deception of all...

Snow Creek

Snow Creek
Author: Gregg Olsen
Publisher: Bookouture
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1838881700

‘OMG!!...I was simply blown away by this… I couldn't look away…even when I wanted to. The story took me by my throat making me gasp every few chapters…Wow!!’ Shalini’s Books and Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Footprints were scattered about like fallen leaves. She looked down into the ravine, and once more her lungs filled with fear. A body lay silent and unmoving in the bushes. When Ruth Turner walks into the Sheriff’s office in Jefferson County’s Port Townsend claiming her sister Ida Wheaton has been missing for over a month, Detective Megan Carpenter’s instincts tell her that she needs to do more than just file a report. Racing over to Ida’s secluded farmhouse in the hills above Snow Creek, Megan finds Ida’s teenage children alone and frightened. She can’t help but notice there’s no TV. No video games. Nothing of the outside world. Something about the Wheaton family doesn’t add up and triggers a painful childhood memory for Megan – when one day, in a flash, both her parents were gone. Then the body of a woman is discovered in an abandoned pickup truck close to the Wheatons’ home and Megan’s convinced the cases are connected. If she has any chance of catching the killer, Megan must first unravel the secrets of the isolated Snow Creek community. But Megan has dark secrets of her own… Hidden in the back of her closet is a box of tapes containing every single recording of her therapy sessions over thirteen years ago. Can she finally confront the past she’s spent years trying to block out? And will reliving her own painful story help her solve the complex case unravelling in the hills above Snow Creek before another innocent life is lost? From the Number One, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Amazon Chart bestselling author comes an absolutely heart-stopping and completely unputdownable crime series, introducing Detective Megan Carpenter. Read what everyone is saying about Snow Creek: ‘Holy cr*p what a complete stunner of a read this is it had everything, sensational, creepy, addictive with a stunningly complex plot from beginning to end and I loved. loved, loved it !!...So this is going to rate as one my best reads of the year.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘OMG! Wow. I loved this book!! …it was amazing! I can’t wait to read more! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t put it down. Loved, loved, loved it!’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Brilliant! I do believe this is the best book by this author to date. The book is dark, intense, and makes you say oh he##. The storyline flows and the characters are intriguing. I read this in one sitting and can't wait for more.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, I absolutely loved this book! Gregg Olsen is an amazing author. Snow Creek is definitely one of the best books I have read this year. I read it every chance I had. I really liked Detective Megan Carpenter, she is a strong and intelligent woman and a cracking police officer. Can't wait for the next book in this series… thrilling and creepy and it grabs your attention right away. Highly recommended’. Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A great and creepy story perfect for winter. I’d love to read more from this author. Fantastic and well written, highly recommended.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love, love, love Detective Megan Carpenter, a tough, thorough, no-nonsense type of detective even though she is dealing with a lot of issues in her personal life.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If you want first class, character driven crime fiction this is also the book and author for you as Mr Olsen is one of the best writers in this genre at present.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Doubt
Author: Steve Vogel
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1992-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312929084

In November 1983, David Hendricks's wife and three children were found butchered in their Bloomington, Illinois, home while Hendricks was away on business. Hendricks soon became the prime suspect in the murders of his family. Reissue.

Blood in the Sand

Blood in the Sand
Author: Clifford L. Linedecker
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2000-08-15
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 9780312975098

When Bruce Weinstein met Amy DeChant, he fell in love with her, while she fell in love with his money. But cars, furs and jewelry were not enough for Amy she wanted his cash. So she murdered him and dumped his body in the Nevada desert.

Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury
Author: Bryna Taubman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1992-09
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780312929381

Betty Broderick, a wealthy California woman, brutally kills her husband and his new girlfriend - was it cold-blooded murder or the desperate revenge of a wronged woman?

The Mother, The Son, And The Socialite

The Mother, The Son, And The Socialite
Author: Adrian Havill
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1999-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312970697

Sixty-four-year-old Sante Kimes and her son Kenneth murdered his New York City landlord, Irene Silverman, in July, 1998.

At Large

At Large
Author: Charles W. Sasser
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1998-04-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312960414

Updated with a new chapter dealing with Dial's recapture in 2005.