This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open!Perfect for fans of I’ll be Gone in the Dark and Zodiac On December 30th, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing.
While rumours of drug debts, revenge killings, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved and the girls were never found.
In 2016, crime writer Jax Miller travelled to Oklahoma to discover what really happened. What she unearthed was shocking. These forgotten towns were wild, lawless, and home to some very dark secrets.
Finally, in April 2018, the first arrests were made… could justice finally be in sight for the girls and their families?
‘There is, in the best of us, a search for the truth, to serve the living and dead alike…Jax Miller is one of those people and Hell in the Heartland is one of those books’ Robert Graysmith,author of Zodiac
‘Every generation has its standout true-crime writer. Jax Miller does with Hell in the Heartland what Truman Capote did with In Cold Blood’ A.A. Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness
‘Mesmerizing, raw, evocative, unforgettable’ William Boyle, author of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
‘A captivating ride through the frustrating twists, turns, and dead ends of a horrifying murder case’Publishers Weekly
‘Beautiful and devastating’ Crime Reads
© 2020 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008335212
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 6 augusti 2020
This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open!Perfect for fans of I’ll be Gone in the Dark and Zodiac On December 30th, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing.
While rumours of drug debts, revenge killings, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved and the girls were never found.
In 2016, crime writer Jax Miller travelled to Oklahoma to discover what really happened. What she unearthed was shocking. These forgotten towns were wild, lawless, and home to some very dark secrets.
Finally, in April 2018, the first arrests were made… could justice finally be in sight for the girls and their families?
‘There is, in the best of us, a search for the truth, to serve the living and dead alike…Jax Miller is one of those people and Hell in the Heartland is one of those books’ Robert Graysmith,author of Zodiac
‘Every generation has its standout true-crime writer. Jax Miller does with Hell in the Heartland what Truman Capote did with In Cold Blood’ A.A. Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness
‘Mesmerizing, raw, evocative, unforgettable’ William Boyle, author of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself
‘A captivating ride through the frustrating twists, turns, and dead ends of a horrifying murder case’Publishers Weekly
‘Beautiful and devastating’ Crime Reads
© 2020 HarperCollins (Ljudbok): 9780008335212
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 6 augusti 2020
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Y.F
4 aug. 2021
Försökte gilla boken men författaren är så högmodig att man bara vill mörda henne efter fem kapitel. Det ska ju vara true crime men allt känns helt fabricerat, jag tror att hon har hittat på hela boken. Men egentligen spelar det ju ingen roll för boken är ändå den sämsta jag lyssnat på.
Liselott
13 sep. 2020
Very tragic, full of horrible events.
Helena
14 sep. 2020
A truly heartbreaking narrative. Masterly crafted and read.
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