Author Mary Leo winds a spellbinding, heartfelt story
around a real-life massacre from 1966. She brilliantly
illustrates how not only were the victims' families' lives
changed forever, but how a whole community lost its
innocence in the course of one unforgettable day. One
winner will receive a copy of TRUSTING
EVIL (Books We Love, Ltd.), and a $25 gift card to the
bookstore of the winner's choice.
In the summer of 1966, Richard Franklin Speck, a
22-year-old ordinary seaman, waiting for a berth aboard a
merchant
ship, murdered eight student nurses inside a townhouse in
South Chicago, shocking the surrounding hardworking,
religious community to its very core. Twenty years later,
Carly Rocket and her business partner, Mike Holtzer, find
themselves inside Stateville Correctional Facility hired to
cast extras for a Hollywood movie. Unbeknownst to her,
Speck is one of Stateville's inmates. His infamous murders
took place only blocks from her childhood home leaving her
with deep emotional wounds. Discovering that Speck is
enjoying his life behind bars, Carly is outraged and
conspires with a guard to make a videotape of Speck's
uninhibited life in an attempt to change prison
regulations. But it backfires, and suddenly Carly finds
herself in danger of becoming Speck's ninth victim.>