Overview

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen and his daughter Morgan Olsen, the gripping true-crime story of America’s Lady Bluebeard—a seemingly ordinary wife accused of poisoning husband after husband, who very nearly got away with all of it.

On a hot August afternoon in 1920 at Blue Lakes Ranch in Idaho, a new bride set out three saucers of flypaper on the boarding house porch. By nightfall, her husband was on the floor of their canvas tent, clutching his stomach in agony. Within days he was dead.

Lyda Trueblood was everything a wife should be: beautiful, charming, an excellent cook. Men fell for her easily. They also died easily around her too—poisoned by arsenic. One husband, then another, then two more. Her brother-in-law. And, then there was her two-year-old daughter—whose death no one could ever fully explain.

Six deaths in five years, and a 1921 trial that made Lyda Trueblood a national sensation. But what turned a Missouri farmer’s daughter into a methodical killer—and how did she elude justice for so long?

Drawing on court transcripts, prison records, and Lyda’s own unflinching statements, the Olsens go beyond the lurid headlines to reveal the woman herself—calculating, charismatic, and chilling to the last.

Review

Gregg Olsen has done it again.

I love a true crime, especially one set way back in the past. This one is from around the 1920s. This is about Lyda Trueblood. She was everything a wife should be: beautiful, charming, an excellent cook. Men fell for her easily. They also died easily around her too—poisoned by arsenic. One husband, then another, then two more. Her brother-in-law. And, then there was her two-year-old daughter—whose death no one could ever fully explain.

This is a woman who will make your head spin. She was charming, conniving and she could lie at the drop of a hat. She also caused a huge media sensation. Plus, she escaped from prison and remarried before she was captured. The list just goes on and on!

As most of you know, I love a good true crime. And with a woman as the criminal….it just makes it so much better. This is one well researched and wicked story you do not want to miss!

Karen Peakes is the narrator. She has narrated quite a few of Gregg’s books. She is very matter of fact and perfect for a true crime read.

Need a true tale which just might make your skin crawl…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!

I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

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