A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sally Chew (Author)

Book Description

Series: St. Martin's True Crime Library | Publication Date: April 4, 2006

A lesbian love triangle explodes into bloody murder...

Richmond, Virginia, July 1997. A brick row-house in the city's gay Carytown district, home of 18-year-old Kelley "Turtle" Tibbs, legendary ringleader of the teenage lesbian scene. Walk inside and you'd be likely to find Melissa Etheridge blasting on the stereo, lots of beer, a clutch of shaven-headed young women-- and Turtle's tall possessive girlfriend, Tracy Bitner.

Enter 18-year-old Stacey Hanna, a new roommate who moved east from Lynchburg and, from the beginning, openly carried a torch for Turtle. Stacey's attempts to drive a wedge between Turtle and Tracy backfired-- badly. And one night, Turtle, Tracy and two friends literally dragged Stacey to a wooded area and kicked, slashed, and stabbed her to death in a scene straight out of a horror movie.

Was this a crime of passion-- a frenzy of the heart? Was it calculated retribution for disrupting a bond between two lovers? Or was it, as one of the girls told a detective, "just one of those times...when somebody had to die?" Learn the fascinating truth in a riveting story of obsession, betrayal, and murder...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime (April 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312970145
• ISBN-13: 978-0312970147
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #951,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Totally Disenchanted and Disappointed, September 8, 2002

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Grace (Virginia Beach, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)

I only read true crime stories; I am still in the process of reading this book and have to force myself NOT to put it somewhere and go on to another one. I feel that the author did not tell the story as in the fashion of other good authors. There are incomplete sentences that make one have to reread the sentence to get the jist of that emotion. I, for one, feel that this book is not anywhere near or close to the other crime stories that I read. I would have to read another book by Miss Chew before giving a true explanation of her work. I have read the other reviews which tend to say the opposite of what I say but people are different. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone that I know.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First hand, June 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)

For the people who think that all of the info in the book came from the killers, you are mistaken. I was there and lived through this ordeal. Most of the information came from several people with first hand knowledge, me being one of them. This book gets as close to the truth as you can get. There is no information from folks on the victim's side because they refused to talk. I do agree, however, that the book could have been written better.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Thriller, February 29, 2000

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John Simmonds (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fatal Lie: A True Story Of Betrayal And Murder In The New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library) (Mass Market Paperback)

I received this novel as a Xmas gift from a friend whose opinion on literary issues I greatly respect - he said it "blew me away." He was so right; it really is one of those books that rarely leaves your fingers once you've started. I just couldn't put it down. I was dragged through a whole range of emotions, you so feel like you're there - a part of every melee. The prose is tight and intensely compelling. The reader is nothing but absorbed and treated to a whirlwind of an adventure - which is all the more compelling due to the factual content of the story. I thoroughly recommend 'A Fatal Lie' to anybody with a life.