A Not-So-Ordinary Book Discussion
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES WRITTEN BY TIFFANY KILLOREN
Let’s be honest. Real life is scarier than anything people can write. People are capable of nightmarish things. The following true crime books will give you nightmares, not for fear of things that go bump in the night, but because the scariest people are sometimes right in front of you.
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Helter Skelter
Curt Gentry & Vincent Bugliosi, 1974 There are all sorts of misconceptions about this book, which is actually a fascinating read from the prosecutor’s perspective of the Manson Family crimes and how they were ultimately caught and convicted. The crimes, of course, are discussed, but not in a gratuitous way; rather, Bugliosi walks the reader through the puzzle that had to be solved to bring down one of the country’s most notorious criminals and, with him, a “family” that was frightening in their blind devotion. As a former attorney, I was fascinated at the story of how a young prosecutor took on a formidable opponent—and won.
