David Brown, a successful businessman, suffered an "unfortunate" stroke of luck when his fifth wife, Linda, was found shot to death in bed. To make matters worse for him, his fourteen year old daughter, Cinnamon, confessed to murdering her stepmother. Brown happily took possession of the life insurance, worth about a million dollars. Police did not quite believe her story, and though she was sentenced to twenty seven years to life in prison, she eventually told police the truth. The truth was that her father was an absolute cad. David Brown bought a new house with the life insurance money, and married a sixth young wife. This man had a history of manipulation and various forms of abuse and vile behavior. Cinnamon had visits with her father, in which she wore a wire. It turns out that he manipulated her into killing Linda Brown as a way to prove her love and loyalty.

This was a crazy story. It was full of twists that I was not expecting. I liked the research and presentation of the facts of the case. Ann Rule always does a really good job in that respect. I do think this book went on a little long. I think that it could have been edited a little bit more to take it down from six hundred pages. Other than the long windedness of the book, I enjoyed it.