If you love a good old dark mystery, you have to get this book. The disappearance of a baby, replaced by a snake, is the first of several events that will shake a typical New England town to its core and will wrap it in a cocoon of fear. Hard working detectives have to connect the dots between a yoga center, a horny nurse, Wicca's, funeral homes, and coyotes. Great mystery; hard to put down ... unless you get too scared.

I've never read a biography that seems to be so honest. The Westboro Baptist Church is very well known for their hatred towards gay people and for picketing on military funerals. Lauren Drain, who joined the Church as a young teenager, describes how she got completely convinced of the Church's mission and how hard she worked to become a full member in the eyes of the Church members and her parents. She also explains the inner working of this family driven religion. The combination of her asking too many challenging Bible questions and her (rather innocent) interest in boys, caused her to be banished from the Church and from her family. The story of her stay in the world of the zealots and the righteous will stick with me for a long time. Fascinating, honest, and moving.