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  • By: Jax Miller
  • Narrated by: Amy Landon
  • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Hell in the Heartland

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Publisher's Summary

This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open!           

Perfect for fans of I’ll be Gone in the Dark and Zodiac

On December 30th, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing.

While rumours of drug debts, revenge killings, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved and the girls were never found.

In 2016, crime writer Jax Miller travelled to Oklahoma to discover what really happened. What she unearthed was shocking. These forgotten towns were wild, lawless, and home to some very dark secrets.

Finally, in April 2018, the first arrests were made… could justice finally be in sight for the girls and their families?

©2020 Jax Miller (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"There is, in the best of us, a search for the truth, to serve the living and dead alike.... Jax Miller is one of those people and Hell in the Heartland is one of those books." (Robert Graysmith, author of Zodiac)

"Every generation has its standout true-crime writer. Jax Miller does with Hell in the Heartland what Truman Capote did with In Cold Blood." (A.A. Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness)

"Mesmerizing, raw, evocative, unforgettable." (William Boyle, author of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself)  

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intriguing and baffling case

although a bit airy fairy at times was a great listen and the narrator grows on you.

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Captivating

This true story is, amongst other things, very much a testament to the dedication and resolve of the author to see an agonisingly long project through, for the sake of the 'victims' (extended family left behind). The implied culpability of many characters in a position of power and influence, along with the more dubious or obvious suspects, is certainly shocking and deplorable. It is certainly sad that in this modern day, so much corruption and deceit can remain buried deeply for decades... Definitely an intriguing read. I shall certainly be following the issue on its fb page in the hope that the final piece of the puzzle is put in place before it's too late.

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