Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children. This best-selling novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis...
Dede could not believe, nor could she doubt, and wanting no more of either horror she snatched the teeth from her mouth, turned away and went to fetch her mother's ragged Bible from the breadbox and sat in her rocker, suddenly, like a collapsed accordion, heaving chords of grieving, asthmatic dum...