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The BONE GARDEN (True Crime)

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Author William P. Wood successfully prosecuted Dorothea Montalvo Puente, a serial killer, for lesser crimes years before the murders occurred. In his book, Mr. Woods openly second guesses himself and others as he chronicles the life and misdeeds of Mrs. Puente.

The story is well written in an almost conversational fashion. Refreshingly for this reader, few pages are devoted to the trial itself. The most poignant lesson of the life of gracious and grandmotherly Dorothea Puente is that looks can be deceiving.

If you are intrigued by serial killers or true crime stories, this is an excellent book.

being a true crime fanatic, I really enjoyed this book and found it hard to put down and often comical how this old lady could manage to doop even well trained law enforcement into believeing her crazy lies of self pity and even her cold blooded murder sprees went undetected by so many for years until 1 family finally got a great District attorney (whom came back to his job just for this case)to help them and someone finally listened to this crazy story! this book was wrote by the D.A. who has so much depth and insight in this story that that makes it even better! i wish we only had more dedicated D.A'S like the writer WILLIAM WOOD. he can definately give anne rule a run for the money! this is a shocking true crime of greed,and money that is to me still unbelievable! its a page turner and at times you will even laugh at how smart this diabolic old woman really is!SHES BRAZEN and its beyond me how she got away with so MUCH before she was finally stopped!again I look forward to any books "william wood (true crime only)puts out in the future months.good job and I more then welcome a note from Mr. Wood.. thanx for the great read. xcellent story I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!felinechar@aol.com

Reading this book, as well as the others about the case, kept my interest. I enjoyed the information on each page.

Fascinating story of a California serial killer who managed to slip out of being convicted for most of her crimes over a long period of time. Writing is somewhat stilted and doesn't flow as smoothly as could be, but still better than many real crime story books. Photos are bad and would have made the book better if they had purchased some better pictures from Sacramento Bee or other sources. It was worth reading, particularly if you follow the story of Dorthea Montalvo Puente.