Olivia Huie

This was the perfect Christmas novel by one of my favorite southern authors! Highly recommend.

An insane story about one of the most extreme, evil and delusional criminals you’ve probably never heard of. Definitely a great Ann Rule pick.

This book is a great resource on beginning and end of Jim Jones and his reign over the cult he created. It’s the perfect study of a narcissist who built his following based on the idea of social justice, but became overcome with greed, ambitions and delusion.

Loved this concept and this story so much! It has a different feel from other Grady Hendrix novels, but is just as exciting as the others.

This started out as a slow burn, but twisted itself into a very unique plot.

I find it difficult to review this book, because while I appreciate the attention and detail it gives on significant issues within modern day Chinese government, this extremely vain sounding author is a big part of that very problem. I also feel that a majority of this story is actually his wife’s story - not in her words, and definitely not in a flattering or neutral light.

Overall, I really enjoyed this memoir. Will Smith was one of my favorite rappers and actors growing up, so I knew I had to read this. I appreciated how open and candid he was, especially when reflecting on some of his not so great moments (family conflicts, relationship issues, financial situations, etc).

This was written by Natalie Wood’s sister, and mainly focuses on her disappearance, and the inconsistencies of the initial police report, and why the case was re opened. I appreciate the effort and strength it must have taken for the author to write about such a personal situation.