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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely loved this true crime book about the Candy Montgomery/Betty Gore murder case from the early 80s. John Bloom (aka Joe Bob Briggs) and Atkinson did a very good job going through the events of that day and right after and the women‘s backstory. Recommend for true crime lovers.

Disturbing, bizarre and completely riveting. I didn‘t know anything about this case before reading this and yikes! Just crazy. First-rate true crime.

True crime #bookmail! I‘ve been wanting to read Evidence of Love for ages. With two new adaptations coming, Candy (Hulu) and Love and Death (HBO Max), now seemed like the time to go for it. Two Truths and a Lie is a 2022 Edgar Award finalist in the Best Fact Crime category. Sounds really good.

A housewife against housewife ax murder! in Texas. The book was okay, a bit boring. The narrator had quite a droning voice at times too. WAY too much emphasis on the 80s views of women and motherhood, so it certainly dated itself. Though I was glad the jury came up with the verdict it did.

Attention true crime fans: this is a book for you. It‘s a crime I hadn‘t heard of, didn‘t know the ending, and was completely surprised by so I don‘t want to give away any spoilers! I picked this up because it is being developed into an HBO Max series and will star Elizabeth Olsen. The events took place in the late 70s and 1980, so pretty dated but made it that much more compelling, for me. Kept me guessing about what really happened until the end

Been waiting a year to have this set up again!
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My mom discovered a tiny baby kitten on her porch this morning! I had to cuddle the new member of the family while reading this afternoon. Nothing better than kitten snuggles while reading! 🐱
(His name shall be Mem Fox!)

A freezing-cold Memorial Day weekend is just fine with me! I‘ll stay in with this #truecrime and be just fine 📖 🪴

A little true crime and red wine. 😁

In 1987, a girl I had just met in my first few weeks of college loaned this book to me. Flash forward to 2020 and we are still best friends.

I think it‘s time for a reread. ❤️

Thanks to @Reviewsbylola I starting reading this two days ago and I have done little else but read this book since then. For #truecrime fans, this is a story of church going couples in Texas in the 80‘s that get tangled up in an affair that ends in an ax murder. It is well written, concise, and to the point without too many legal details but lots of dialogue.

If you‘re into true crime, this is a good one! It‘s 1980 and a suburban housewife is hacked to death in her own home in broad daylight. Investigators realize early on that the perp was someone she knew. But who would commit such a brutal crime and why? The author did an excellent job of weaving this story so that it reads like fiction.

And how cool are the vintage covers!? #truecrime

Everyone has left the lake house except me and the kids. 😭 The loneliness is real. However my kids are happy to be seeing Toy Story 4 for the second time right now. No matter how good @Mdargusch says it is, I‘m not a movie person. I brought my kindle. 😆 Am I the only one that does that?

Still a mystery

I'm all about #truecrime right now and I just finished this one. Full of salacious small town gossip and intrigue, you can practically hear the church ladies burning up the phone lines. Sex, crime, and murder abound. While it certainly doesn't deserve a Nobel for great literature, it's easy to see why Lifetime made a movie. Quick, entertaining read. And the kicker? The murderess is still alive and is now a therapist here in Georgia! 😱