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I‘m outta here…more and more I find that I‘m not into true crime. That, and the fact that I‘ve seen this story presented multiple times on Dateline/48 Hours made this a quick bail.

I can‘t remember which #Litsylove friend recommended this to me, but I‘m excited to dive in since I grew up near Tallahassee and worked here for years.

Kind of boring. No big reveals or anything. No insight into how these people think - how they justify murder instead of divorce or how they act like a normal married couple going to marriage counseling when obviously what's wrong with their marriage is that they committed murder to make it happen!

⭐️⭐️ People are not rational beings. Too godly for divorce but not murder. Make it make sense. This isn‘t lengthy, but still a slog for me. I just didn‘t care about the story. Everyone was awful. The pretty cover got me. #coverlove

Mikita Brottman has a talent for finding and telling the most unbelievable true crime stories. Her other books were more philosophical and poetic. This tale is the literary equivalent of a Polar Pop or Big Gulp. Buckle up for raunchy crimes among evangelicals, sex addiction, life insurance, and gators! 🐊🥤🔫

Damn this true crime is juicy! Adultery, sexual possession, murder, alligators - has all the right elements!

Mike and Denise have been friends since high school with Kathy and Brian. When Brian and Denise start sneaking around, they get the idea to stage Mike‘s death as a hunting accident and collect on the insurance policy Brian sold him. They manage to cover it up for several years until all hell breaks loose and they turn on each other.

I knew nothing about this, but I found it quite interesting. And kind of crazy that Brian and Denise could do such a good job of convincing themselves they‘d done nothing wrong. God-fearing and all… sure. I was focused when reading and was happy to just continue reading; it was unfortunate when I had to put the book down. But, life…