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The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg
Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to
keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime
story. In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and
mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner’s
report: natural causes. Ida’s husband, Eli, was never considered
a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his
son, Danny, with him, murder followed. What really happened to Ida?
The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully
ignored and Eli’s shifting narratives disregarded. Could Eli’s
subsequent cross-country journey of death—including that of his
own son—have been prevented if just one person came forward with
what they knew about the real Eli Stutzman? The questions haunted
Gregg Olsen and Ida’s brother Daniel Gingerich for decades. At
Daniel’s urging, Olsen now returns to Amish Country and to
Eli’s crimes first exposed in Olsen’s Abandoned Prayers, one of
which has remained a mystery until now. With the help of aging
witnesses and shocking long-buried letters, Olsen finally uncovers
the disturbing truth—about Ida’s murder and the conspiracy of
silence and secrets that kept it hidden for forty-five years.
The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg
Olsen solves a murder among the Amish and reveals the conspiracy to
keep it a secret in a heartbreaking and horrifying true-crime
story. In 1977, in an Ohio Amish community, pregnant wife and
mother Ida Stutzman perished during a barn fire. The coroner’s
report: natural causes. Ida’s husband, Eli, was never considered
a suspect. But when he eventually rejected the faith and took his
son, Danny, with him, murder followed. What really happened to Ida?
The dubious circumstances of the tragic blaze were willfully
ignored and Eli’s shifting narratives disregarded. Could Eli’s
subsequent cross-country journey of death—including that of his
own son—have been prevented if just one person came forward with
what they knew about the real Eli Stutzman? The questions haunted
Gregg Olsen and Ida’s brother Daniel Gingerich for decades. At
Daniel’s urging, Olsen now returns to Amish Country and to
Eli’s crimes first exposed in Olsen’s Abandoned Prayers, one of
which has remained a mystery until now. With the help of aging
witnesses and shocking long-buried letters, Olsen finally uncovers
the disturbing truth—about Ida’s murder and the conspiracy of
silence and secrets that kept it hidden for forty-five years.
Revenge, justice, or closure? Family crimes can't be hidden forever
in this provocative novel of suspense by #1 New York Times
bestselling author Gregg Olsen. Violet knows that time is a futile
healer. When she thinks of her happily married grandfather-a
predator lovingly referred to as Papa-the feelings of rage and
betrayal still swell. Her younger sister, Lily, just discovered the
numbing truth about him. Their mother, Rose? She can't believe it.
Not Papa. Leave it alone, Violet. Focus on the now. When Papa
suffers a sudden, and suspicious, fatal heart attack at Violet's
wedding, she can barely conceal her joy. Maybe the fellow survivor
at her support group is right: moving on is possible only when
monsters are removed from society permanently. Violet is focusing
on the now. Even if doing so calls for extremes. For herself, and
for the sake of other victims like her, Violet is reclaiming the
power stolen from her as a child. Predator by predator, she's
coming for them. It's intoxicating. It's liberating. But the
secrets she now keeps, and the lies she must tell, come with a
price.
A #1 Wall Street Journal, Amazon Charts, USA Today, and Washington
Post bestseller. #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen's
shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters
determined to survive their mother's house of horrors. After more
than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the
word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons, triggering memories that
have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years,
behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington,
their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable
abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all,
Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far
less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn
into their mother's dark and perverse web, the sisters found the
strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that
culminated in multiple murders. Harrowing and heartrending, If You
Tell is a survivor's story of absolute evil-and the freedom and
justice that Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for.
Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the
darkness that made them the resilient women they are today-loving,
loved, and moving on.
A #1 Wall Street Journal, Amazon Charts, USA Today, and Washington
Post bestseller. #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen's
shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters
determined to survive their mother's house of horrors. After more
than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the
word mom, it claws like an eagle's talons, triggering memories that
have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years,
behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington,
their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable
abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all,
Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far
less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn
into their mother's dark and perverse web, the sisters found the
strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that
culminated in multiple murders. Harrowing and heartrending, If You
Tell is a survivor's story of absolute evil-and the freedom and
justice that Nikki, Sami, and Tori risked their lives to fight for.
Sisters forever, victims no more, they found a light in the
darkness that made them the resilient women they are today-loving,
loved, and moving on.
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No matter what you see, no matter what you've heard, assume
nothing. Adam and Sophie Warner and their three-year-old daughter
are vacationing in Washington State's Hood Canal for Memorial Day
weekend. It's the perfect getaway to unplug-and to calm an uneasy
marriage. But on Adam's first day out on the water, he sees Sophie
abducted by a stranger. A hundred yards from shore, Adam can't save
her. And Sophie disappears. In a nearby cabin is another couple,
Kristen and Connor Moss. Unfortunately, beyond what they've heard
in the news, they're in the dark when it comes to Sophie's
disappearance. For Adam, at least there's comfort in knowing that
Mason County detective Lee Husemann is an old friend of his. She'll
do everything she can to help. She must. But as Adam's paranoia
about his missing wife escalates, Lee puts together the pieces of a
puzzle. The lives of the two couples are converging in
unpredictable ways, and the picture is unsettling. Lee suspects
that not everyone is telling the truth about what they know-or they
have yet to reveal all the lies they've hidden from the strangers
they married.
From the Amazon Charts and #1 New York Times bestselling author
comes a psychological thriller exploring the things we dare to do
when no one is looking . . . The community along Oregon's Deschutes
River is one of successful careers and perfect families. For years,
up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and
neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all-security,
happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie. Then Charlie
vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by
a tragedy that is incomprehensible-except to Liz. It took one
fleeting moment for her to change the lives of everyone she loves-a
heartrending accident that can't be undone. Neither can the
second-worst mistake of her life: concealing it. As two marriages
crack and buckle in grief and fear, Liz retreats into her own dark
place of guilt, escalating paranoia-and betrayals even she can't
imagine. Because there's another good neighbor who has his own
secrets, his own pain, and his own reasons for watching Liz's every
move. And only he knows that the mystery of the missing boy on the
Deschutes River is far from over.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes
the absolutely unputdownable and chilling true-crime story of
Stella Nickell-a mother and wife who did the unthinkable... and the
unforgivable. At 5.02 pm on June 5, 1986, an emergency call came
into the local sheriff's office in the small town of Auburn,
Washington State. A distressed housewife, Stella Nickell, said her
husband Bruce was having a seizure. Officers rushed to the
Nickell's mobile home, to find Stella standing frozen at the
door... Bruce was on the floor fighting for his life. As Stella
became the beneficiary of over $175,000 in a life insurance
pay-out, forensics discovered that Bruce had consumed painkillers
laced with cyanide. A week later, fifteen-year-old Hayley was
getting ready for another school day. Her mom, Sue, called out 'I
love you' before heading into the bathroom and moments later
collapsed on the floor. Sue never regained consciousness, and the
autopsy revealed she had been poisoned by cyanide-tainted headache
pills. Just like Bruce. While a daughter grieved the sudden and
devastating loss of her mother, a young woman, Cindy, was thinking
about her own mom Stella. She thought about the years of neglect
and abuse, the tangled web of secrets Stella had shared with her,
and Cindy contemplated turning her mom into the FBI... Gripping and
heart-breaking, Gregg Olsen uncovers the shocking true story of a
troubled family. He delves into a complex mother-daughter
relationship rooted in mistrust and deception, and the journey of
the sweet curly-haired little girl from Oregon whose fierce
ambition to live the American Dream led her to make the ultimate
betrayal. A sensational real-life mystery, American Mother will
hook those fascinated by The Staircase and Making of a Murderer.
This book was originally published as Bitter Almonds. Read what
everyone is saying about Gregg Olsen: "A riveting, taut, real-life
psychological suspense thrill ride... All at once compelling and
original, Gregg Olsen's If You Tell is an instant true-crime
classic." -M. William Phelps, New York Times bestselling author
"Classic true crime in the tradition of In Cold Blood and The
Stranger Beside Me." -James Renner, author of True Crime Addict
"Bristling with tension, gripping from the first pages, Gregg
Olsen's masterful portrait of children caught in the web of a
coldly calculating killer fascinates. A read so compelling it kept
me up late into the night, If You Tell exposes incredible evil that
lived quietly in small-town America. That the book is fact, not
fiction, terrifies." -Kathryn Casey, bestselling author of In Plain
Sight "This riveting account will leave readers questioning every
odd relative they've known." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"An unsettling stunner about sibling love, courage, and
resilience." -People Magazine (book of the week) "A compelling
portrait of terror and a powerfully honest, yet still sensitive,
look at survival." -Bookreporter "A true-crime tour de force."
-Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of No Stone
Unturned "Olsen has done it again, giving readers a glimpse into a
murderous duo that's so chilling, it will have your head spinning.
I could not put this book down!" -Aphrodite Jones, New York Times
bestselling author "A suspenseful, horrific, and yet fascinating
character study of an incredibly dysfunctional and dangerous family
by Gregg Olsen, one of today's true-crime masters." -Caitlin
Rother, New York Times bestselling author
The tragic story of Susan Powell and her murdered boys, Charlie and
Braden, is the only case that rivals the John Benet Ramsey saga in
the annals of true crime. When a pretty, blonde Utah mother went
missing in December of 2009 the media was swept up in the story.
Susan's husband, Josh, said he had no idea what happened to his
young wife, and that he and the boys had been camping. Over the
next three years bombshell by bombshell, the story would reveal
more shocking secrets, Josh's father, Steve, who was sexually
obsessed with Susan, would ultimately be convicted of unspeakable
perversion. Josh's brother, Michael, would commit suicide. And in
the most stunning event of them all, Josh Powell would murder his
two little boys and kill himself with brutality beyond belief.
Former homicide detective Nicole Foster has hit rock bottom. Driven
off the force by her treacherous partner and lover, she's flat
broke and struggling with a gambling addiction. All Nicole has left
is the dream of a warm bed at a homeless shelter and the haunting
memories of three-year-old Kelsey Chase-whose murder case ended her
career. As Nicole obsesses over the old facts, she realizes
everything about that case felt off: a disinterested mom, a
suicidal pedophile, and too many questions left unanswered. When
the little girl's grieving father begs Nicole for help, she's drawn
back into the investigation...and given one shot at redemption. But
the deeper Nicole digs, the more evil she uncovers, including
betrayals that hit painfully close to home. Will a shocking
discovery be the key to finally getting justice for Kelsey and
resurrecting her own life?
All that was left of Doctor Linda Hazzard's sanitorium was the
foundation and the masonry incinerator that swelled from the ground
like a huge grave marker. A perfect row of old firs and pines lined
up like sentinels along the road. Every one of the trees marked the
spot where the doctor had buried each of her victims. In 1911 two
wealthy British heiresses, Claire, and Dora Williamson, arrived at
an unfinished sanitorium in the forests of Olalla, Washington to
undergo the revolutionary "fasting treatment" of Doctor Linda
Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two
sisters, but within a month of arriving at what the locals called
'Starvation Heights', the women underwent brutal, evasive
procedures and became emaciated shadows of their former selves. How
did Hazzard persuade the sisters to undergo such monstrous
treatments? And why, on Claire's deathbed, did Dora, near to death
herself, still hold such an extreme belief in Hazzard's methods? In
this chilling true story of deception and murder, Gregg Olsen
brings us inside the disturbing world of Hazzard who would stop at
nothing to achieve her dream of creating the most renowned
sanatorium in the world - but ended up a convicted serial killer. A
gripping and fascinating account of the most unusual and disturbing
criminal cases in American history that will hook fans of The Five
and The Devil in the White City. What readers are saying about
Starvation Heights: "A fascinating turn-of-the-century story of
medical malpractice and murder. If you liked The Alienist, you'll
find Starvation Heights all the more gripping because this story is
true." Michael Connelly "An engrossing and compelling look at a
shocking crime in another era. Olsen's deft touch takes us back to
the early 1900s so cleverly that reading Starvation Heights is akin
to stepping into a time machine." Ann Rule "Even the most devoted
true-crime reader will be shocked by the maddening and
mind-boggling acts of horror that Gregg Olsen chronicles in this
book. Olsen has done it again, giving readers a glimpse into a
murderous duo that's so chilling, it will have your head spinning.
I could not put this book down!" Aphrodite Jones, New York Times
bestselling author "One of today's true-crime masters." Caitlin
Rother, New York Times bestselling author "An account of real-life
villainy that outdoes anything a novelist might concoct." Les
Standiford, author of Meet You in Hell
WITH PHOTOS Three complete short stories by Investigation
Discovery's Dark Minds show host M. Williams with an introduction
to the collection by New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen.
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL In August 1982, a 30-year-old woman, Jane
Goodwin, was found murdered in her Newark, New Jersey apartment.
Her killer had strangled Jane until she passed out. Then,
reportedly, he ripped open her blouse, posed her with her breasts
exposed, and repeatedly stabbed Jane in the chest. He left no
fingerprints or DNA-just a shattered, grieving family. Over the
next 19 years, three other women were attacked in a similar
fashion. Two of them, Karen Osman (at Rutgers University in Newark)
and Carmen Rodriquez (in Hartford, Connecticut) died at this
monster's hand. Police eventually caught their assailant, Edwin
"Ned" Snelgrove, a promising college grad with an uncontrollable
desire to hurt women. Ned was jailed. Yet while serving a 20-year
sentence, he developed a twisted obsession with one very sick
hero-infamous serial murderer Ted Bundy, a man he wrote about
extensively in his prison letters to a friend. Ned studied the
notorious killer, looked up to him. And as Ned festered in prison,
waiting for the day he was to be cut loose, he decided he would be
better than Bundy when he got out and started killing once again.
Author M. William Phelps takes readers to some very dark places
here, so hang on. EASTBOUND STRANGLER Here, in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, Phelps takes readers and fans of the series deep into his
personal life and a dark connection to the Eastbound Strangler
case, how he feels about several suspects named by law enforcement,
and shares an exclusive interview he conducted with a woman who
claims she was with the Eastbound Strangler and his final victim,
Kim Raffo, on the night before Kim's body was found. In November
2006, the bodies of four women were discovered in a drainage ditch
behind a row of hotels, on the fringes of Atlantic City, New
Jersey. After years of intense investigation, law enforcement
remains baffled by the fact the victims' shoes were missing, and
their heads were all pointing east. Three of the women were known
prostitutes who worked "The Track," a wasteland of broken dreams
behind the casinos, on the dark side of Atlantic City's famous
boardwalk. NOTHING THIS EVIL EVER DIES Did Son of Sam have an
intimate, homosexual relationship with a fellow (serial killer)
inmate while in prison? Was Sam's real name Richard Falco? Has Son
of Sam-who claimed in 2011 that he does not want to seek parole
because he has been "freed" by Jesus Christ-been perpetrating a
fraud with his supposed "salvation"? In quoted excerpts from these
exclusive letters written by Son of Sam to serial killer Gary
Evans, a deeper, more interesting and eccentric psychopath emerges.
For the first time, author Phelps explores how Son and Sam and
serial killer Gary Evans (from Phelps's bestseller Every Move You
Make) became best friends while doing time together in a New York
state prison. If you thought you knew Son of Sam, think again. THE
SERIAL KILLERS DOWN THE ROAD In this introductory essay, author
Gregg Olsen recounts the serial killers who've crossed his path in
Washington State - Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway, Linda Burfield Hazzard,
and Robert Yates.
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