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  • Missy’s Murder

  • Passion, Betrayal, and Murder in Southern California
  • By: Karen Kingsbury
  • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (108 ratings)

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Missy’s Murder

By: Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
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Publisher's summary

From a New York Times bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter, two teens kill their friend, then befriend the girl's family to avoid suspicion.

On a beautiful October day in the San Fernando Valley, teenager Missy Avila was lured into the woods, beaten, tortured, and drowned. Missy's best friend, Karen Severson, publicly vowed to find the killer and even moved in with Missy's family to help. Three years later, a surprise witness exposed the murderers as Missy's two best friends—one of whom was Karen.

New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury delivers a story full of twists, turns, betrayals, and confessions. Missy's Murder is a shocking tale of one of the most notorious murder trials of the eighties, and a startling debut novel from Kingsbury, who now has over twenty-five million books in print.

©1991, 2014 Karen Kingsbury (P)2023 Tantor
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Mean Girls 101

This is a great book made you feel like you were in the picture with all the characters. Another great read by Karen Kingsbury.

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needs a few more details

I loved the audible book, but hated the did not give the sentencing .and how the women flared in prison

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Gripping and sad

Always love Karen Kingsbury’s book! This one was a little different with not as much faith based but still excellent

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Excellent

This book was very well done. One of my all-time favorite readers too. It’s a crazy story!

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Interesting case

The case and story telling was pretty good. There was a lot of fat shaming and looks shaming that if found weird and didn’t enjoy. Saying things like she was chubby so no boy would want her coming from an adult about a child. Could have done without that aspect.

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Beautiful heart wrenching story

This story kept me listening until 4am the first night . I just could not stop. I could feel the emotions of the characters and their loss. I wanted justice for Missy and her family!! The narration was also very good. I am so thankful that I made this purchase

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Good Book

Was very well written I would recommend for people who love true crime this family my heart goes out to them

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Unbelievable

In this type of scenario you just wish so badly it could have ended differently and the victim could have been saved.the family pays so much.

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Excellent

This book came to my attention as I received an email from Amazon where it was presented as a Kindle edition. So I jumped right into Audible to see if I could buy a copy I could listen to while doing housework.

Well, I bought the book, and just couldn’t put it down it was far to gripping to stop listening.

The book is well written with dramatizations to make it more authentic for the reader/listener. I guess that was one of the reasons I got so captured by this book as it almost felt like being there. Even the courtroom section was good. No dry spots to find here.

A must read for all true crime aficionados

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Masterly told narrative 

This story was riveting. I don’t remember hearing about the murder, but I was living on the East Coast. I am impressed with the depth of research and attention to detail provided by Kingsbury. This is not her typical genre, but the story needs to be told. 

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