Ordinary Wife: The True Story of America's Forgotten Serial Killer - Couverture souple

Olsen, Gregg; Olsen, Morgan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1918505039 ISBN 13 : 9781918505030

Editeur : Notorious Press, 2026

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Gregg Olsen is the #1 _New York Times_, #1 Amazon Charts, #1 _Wall Street Journal_, _Washington Post _and _USA Today_ bestselling author of more than 30 crime books. Based in rural Washington State, Olsen is a two-time Edgar Award-nominated author whose work has been honoured by the Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. His career has reached more than 8 million readers worldwide across print, ebook, audio, and Kindle Unlimited, including his breakout _hit If You Tell_, which spent more than 260 weeks in the Amazon Top 20.

Morgan Olsen grew up steeped in true crime. The daughter of a true-crime author Gregg Olsen, she and her twin sister spent their childhood tagging along on interviews, answering collect calls from prison, and learning early how not to become a "Dateline Girl." By day, Morgan is a second-grade teacher; by night, she's an avid runner, an accomplished baker (her yule log is legendary), and the person everyone wants on their side when there's a mystery to be solved. She and her husband are the proud--and often exhausted--parents of two rambunctious little boys. _Ordinary Wife _is her debut book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Notorious Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1918505039
• ISBN 13: 9781918505030
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible