We will discuss this month's true crime ti tle\, as well as catch-up with each other about what we've been reading/wa tching/listening to since our last meeting. Copies of the current book clu b title are available for check out at the Headquarters Library Reference Desk. Digital copies of the eBook and eAudiobook will be made available on Libby when possible.
\nAttendance is limited to allow for social di stancing\, so please register to ensure you get a seat. Walk-ins will be p ermitted up to the maximum attendance allowed.
\nApril 2022 Title - Death on Ocean Boulevard: inside the Coronado mansion case by Caitlin Rother
\n"I got a girl\, hung herself in the guest house."
\nThe call came on the morning of July 13\, 2011\ , from the historic Spreckels Mansion\, a lavish beachfront property in Co ronado\, California\, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived\, they found the naked body of Jo nah's girlfriend\, Rebecca Zahau\, gagged\, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her. Jonah's brother\, Adam\, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in blac k paint were the cryptic words: \;SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER.
\ nWas this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer's taunt? Rebecca' s death came two days after Jonah's six-year-old son\, Max\, took a devast ating fall while in Rebecca's care. Authorities deemed Rebecca's death a s uicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide or a murder in such a bizarre\, elaborate way? (Amazon)
\nMay 20 22 Title - The Menendez Murders by Robe rt Rand
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