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When Chris Northon married Liysa DeWitt, he thought she was a beautiful free spirit. She was an aspiring screenwriter, a photographer specializing in the beautiful Hawaiian surf, and a devoted mother to her child. She told him that her life had been hard, but now he was sure it would be wonderful. He didn't know that she randomly accused her parents of horrific child abuse. He didn't know that she had once broken up a previous long-term relationship by pretending to have an amnesiac attack that wiped three years from her memory. He didn't know she left a diary explaining the hoax and laughing at the people who tried to help her. After several years of an apparently happy marriage, Liysa's screenplays and diaries were now full of stories about a heroic woman forced to kill the evil man who had been abusing her. Liysa was telling her friends that Chris beat her. The camping trip was Liysa's idea, but Chris didn't know that she had bought a gun . . . His body was found at a campsite, naked, wrapped in a sleeping bag, with burns on his chest and a bullet hole in his head. Liysa, who had taken their child and run, claimed that she had to shoot in self-defense, as her drunken husband was beating her. HEART FULL OF LIES is the true crime novel explaining Liysa's background, previous relationships and machinations, plus her eventual conviction for Chris' murder. Rule has told the story with great detail and relentless logic. Rather than relying on hyperbole, she straightforwardly shows how Liysa finally went too far, ruining her life and those of her children. Fans of psychology and true crime will thoroughly enjoy this book.
Reviewed by Linnea Dodson, November 2005
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