In the Garden of Spite: A Novel of the Black Widow of La Porte

By Camilla Bruce and Camilla Bruce

Book Overview

"Riveting! Camilla, high-five! Amazing work!"--Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

An audacious novel of feminine rage about one of the most prolific female serial killers in American history--and the men who drove her to it.

They whisper about her in Chicago. Men come to her with their hopes, their dreams--their fortunes. But no one sees them leave. No one sees them at all after they come to call on the Widow of La Porte.

The good people of Indiana may have their suspicions, but if those fools knew what she'd given up, what was taken from her, how she'd suffered, surely they'd understand. Belle Gunness learned a long time ago that a woman has to make her own way in this world. That's all it is. A bloody means to an end. A glorious enterprise meant to raise her from the bleak, colorless drudgery of her childhood to the life she deserves. After all, vermin always survive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593102568
• ISBN13: 9780593102565
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent read.

This was a really good book. Kept my interest. Took yo work as a book to read at lunch. But then quickly read over the weekend. I want to read more from this autor.

A glimpse into the mind of a female killer

I bought this book because I am fascinated by women committing violent acts - what motivates it, how they enact it, how they justify it…and this book gave me everything I could’ve asked for!