Friday Favorites

I went through a phase several years ago - many years ago, actually - of reading almost only true crime novels.  I can't really stomach them, now.  I think it's because I've had children.  Now that so many years have passed since I read that genre, I can't remember which ones I've read, what they're about, or even who the popular true crime authors are.

But there is one book that sticks in my mind like glue.  I'll never forget it.  It's Ann Rule's Small Sacrifices, which was published in 1988.  That was the year I read it and I still remember it well.  I even think about it when I hear Duran Duran's Hungry Like a Wolf, which played a supporting role in this novel about Diane Downs, an Orgeon mother who shot her three children to get them out of the way of her and her married boyfriend.

If you're looking for a fast read and if you like true crime, this is one you absolutely have to pick up. 

Here's a link to Ann Rule's other novels.  She's a fantastic writer and makes true crime reading such a juicy guilty pleasure!