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Witch is a meticulously researched true‑crime narrative based on extensive interviews with Brookey Lee West herself. The book chronicles West’s evolution from a successful technical writer in Silicon Valley to a prolific female offender who orchestrated a twenty‑year series of murders. Set against the stark backdrop of Nevada’s criminal landscape, the story examines the psychological, societal, and legal factors that shaped one of the most unsettling crimes of recent decades.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Glenn Puit
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