I could not put this book down. Ann Rule writes true life murder in a compelling way which takes you into the psyche of the characters.

This is the first book that I have read by Ann Rule. It grabbed my attention from the first page! Liysa was a total sociopathic liar and a killer, not a victim. Excellent read!!

Fascinating look at the life of a brilliant woman who successfully manipulates everyone she meets until she creates her own downfall. Like all of Ann Rules books, this one is very well written.

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I could not put the book down. I love Ann Rule's books!

I've read most all of Ann Rule's books and Heart Full of Lies is written with the same investigative excellence and style!

This book was particularly ramboly for Ann Rule. She repeated herself constantly, and all of her investigative work sounded like gossip. "The women from her pool group said this, but no one knew that his friend's where hearing just the opposite." I would rather read 100 pages of well written work than 420 pages of broken record.

And Liysa is NOT intelligent! If she was intelligent Ann Rule would have been writing about how this courageous woman fought back and killed her secretly psychotic husband. Instead Liysa couldn't even finish her trial because all of the evidence was so damning.

On October 8, 2000, commercial pilot Chris Northon was shot to death at a remote Oregon campground by his wife. Rule does her usual fine job of investigating the people and events leading up to the killing in an attempt to determine if Liysa Northon was an abused wife or a manipulative monster.

a true story of desire and death
ann rules gripping bestseller illuminates the lethal deceit inside a drean marriage, and asks: can a woman be deadlier than a man?

An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome Chris Northon, an airline pilot and confirmed bachelor. Then he met Liysa, an acclaimed surf photographer, loving mother and aspiring Hollywood screenwriter. But few had seen Liysa's other side -- her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property. And no one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in Oregon forest. Liysa soon revealed herself as a victim of domestic abuse that culminated at the campsite where she shot Chris.

Very good book!

Former Seattle police officer and crime author Rule (Small Sacrifices; Dead by Sunset, etc.) knows a good drama when she finds one: it involves love, betrayal, greed and violence. In the story of Liysa Northon, a woman who murdered her third husband, Chris Northon, in order to collect his insurance money, Rule has found a real-life soap opera. In the fall of 2000, Liysa convinced Chris to go on a camping trip with her and their small son in the remote forests of Oregon. But the idyllic vacation didn't last long; Liysa would later admit to ending her husband's life by shooting him in the head in an act of "self-defense." From where she sits today (in an Oregon state prison), she still professes to have shot Chris only in innocence and fear-emotions she said were caused by her years as a victim of domestic violence. But according to her husband's parents and other sources, Liysa is a manipulative sociopath who spent years crafting a public façade of abuse persuasive enough to justify the cold-blooded murder of her husband.

Ann Rule always fascinates.

Affecting, tense, and smart true crime - A case study of the classic American con man crossed with the more exotic strains of the sociopath.

An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a confirmed bachelor-turned-devoted-family man; and Liysa, an acclaimed surf photagrapher, loving mother, and aspiring hollywood screenwriter. But few, including Chris, had seen Liysa's other side-her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property. And no one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in an Oregon forest. Liysa soon revealed herself as a victim of domestic abuse that culminated at the campsite, where she shot Chris in self-defense. But crime scene evidence led detectives to wonder if Liysa was a killer, not a victim. Her controversial trial stunned all who thought they knew her. A lifetime of sociopathic manipulations and lies had been expertly hidden behind her facade of perfection-as was her rage to destroy any obstacle to her ultimate happiness, even if if was the man she vowed to love forever.

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