While there are six stories in this collection, the first three stories are probably the most intriguing ones. I think they just had more substance than the last three stories, which were roughly 10-20 pages a piece. So I've decided to focus this on the three in depth stories.
"Baby Seller"
This immediately grabbed my attention because it's set in Alabama and other Southern states. In the 1980's, several young women were killed and their newborn babies were kidnapped. Jackie Schut posed as a photographer for a newborn baby competition. She wandered around with her own children and husband, looking for babies who might make them a quick buck on the black market. Besides the obvious trouble of this scam, Schut actually killed a woman in front of her own child. This whole story was crazy from start to finish. They started in Alabama, worked their way over to Louisiana, Texas, and wound up in Washington before all this came tumbling down.
"Secrets of the Amorous Pizza Man"
This was your classic tale of husband kills wife and moves his mistress in. Al Baker and Kathie Hill met while working together in Antarctica. Both were well into their 50's but they were absolutely smitten with each other. Kathie had been burned in the past but knew the screening process for the company they both worked for, therefore she knew he couldn't be hiding anything devious or he wouldn't have been granted employment. Somehow, Al slipped through the cracks. Days after Kathie went missing from their Whidbey Island home, Al picked up their mutual friend Trudi from the airport. Police showed up a few days letter to perform a wellness check on Kathie. That's when they discovered Trudi believed Al and Kathie were divorced. She was told Kathie no longer lived in the house. Al had been feeding lies to Kathie, Trudi, and detectives. It wouldn't take long before Kathie was found and Al was trapped in his own web of lives.
"Road Trip to Murder"
This story was crazy from start to finish. DeeDee Pederson welcomed everyone into her home with open arms. When her husband's son came into town with his girlfriend she welcomed them in without asking any questions. It didn't matter that they were both recently released from prison. She was willing to create a relationship with them. How could she have known they were planning to kill her in her own home? After DeeDee was found, it was discovered that her husband, Red and his car were both missing. By the time they found video surveillance of the trio, Red would be dead and so would an innocent 20 year old boy.
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