Murder & Merlot: Small Sacrifices In-Person
Murder and Merlot is a true crime book club that meets the second Tuesday of every month at Byler Lane Winery. Join us for a glass and a discussion of classic and modern works of true crime. The books we read will be selected by members.
We are thrilled to partner with Byler Lane Winery for this book club. All attendees must be over 21 and have valid ID.
On January 14th, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm, we'll discuss Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule.
Description of Small Sacrifices from Penguin Random House:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder.
“Somebody just shot my kids!” Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the “shaggy-haired stranger” Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? Haunted by this question, a dedicated district attorney searched for the answer and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs, and surrogate motherhood.
Ann Rule’s gripping, powerful, and ultimately terrifying true story of passion and murder will hold you in thrall as it plumbs the unimagined depths of darkness concealed within a human being.
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“The truth, of course, was much weirder: I was foregoing a fancy Hollywood party to return not to my sleeping infant but my laptop, to excavate through the night in search of information about a man I’d never met, who’d murdered people I didn’t know.”
- Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark
We're going back in time to the 1980s during Retro Rewind: Winter 2025 READ. DO. EXPLORE. The program runs froms January 3rd through February 15th.
- Date:
- Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Byler Lane Winery
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Clubs Read. Do. Explore.