Triflers Need Not Apply: Be frightened of her. Secretly root for her. And watch history’s original female serial killer find her next victim.

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I researched Belle after reading the book and enjoyed seeing how much the storyline mirrored the true events but with the author’s own fictional understanding of who Belle was. On seeing her photo, I am now able to see her as she actually looked in real life and this has left me with a permanent vision of her and her story. Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for sharing this outstanding ARC with me in exchange my honest opinions. Come for the fabulous premise, stay for the razor-sharp portrait of a marvelously complex (and often totally terrifying) mind . . . Camilla Bruce has absolutely outdone herself'LAIRD HUNT

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Honestly I didn’t enjoy the previous debut novel of the author but this one surprised me. The author succeeded a detailed, meticulous, outstanding job with layer characters. I enjoyed both Belle and her sister Nellie’s POVS. Starting in 1900, we follow Bella from her early years in Norway, as an immigrant to America, and through the following years as she marries, builds a family and finds her own rather particular way to “survive”.So plenty of food for thought. Indeed, this would make a brilliant book club read, guaranteed to spark a discussion. I literally lost count of how many bodies had dropped by the time I made it to the mid-point of this novel, but that's not what kept me reading. It was the way Belle was portrayed as yes, a killer, but also a victim whose compulsion to kill was deeply embedded as a way to protect herself and her children. I hated that I kept finding myself feeling just a teensy bit sad for her. And then she'd do something completely horrid and turn my stomach and I'd have to set my Kindle down and hold my babies super tight because.. UGH! This was horrible!!! (But in a good, super creepy, can't ever close my eyes or trust people again sorta way. )

Triflers Need Not Apply: Be frightened of her. Secretly root

Starting with her long suffering husband, Mads, Bella embarks on a killing spree the like of which has never been seen before nor since. I was intrigued by Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce. It was a bit of a change of pace from what I’m used to reading. I don’t usually read true crime or anything overly gruesome but the cover and blurb caught my attention. As with Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, it’s a fictional retelling of a real-life story. Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce: Plot Nellie agrees to fund Brynhild's voyage to America and takes her under her wing in a Norwegian-American apartment community in Chicago. Brynhild becomes Bella. Bella's pride, greed, and need for control over the men in her life lead to some dark decisions... and her sister Nellie begins to suspect that something is not all right with her sister.Triflers Need Not Apply Mug | MFM Coffee Mug | My Favorite Murder Coffee Cup | True Crime Mug | Murderino Mug What really got to me was how plausible this novel was, despite the author’s afterword explaining how she blended truth and fiction. Yes, there were a lot of embellishments, but a lot of it was rooted in fact too, integrating what is known about Belle Gunness and her heinous crimes. After reading this book, I went and did some reading of my own into her life, which gave me the heebie-jeebies all over again, but also an even greater appreciation for what Camilla Bruce achieved here. Explosive . . . If you like true crime, you'll devour this chilling story of revenge' WOMAN'S WEEKLY