American Black Widow

Dangerous Women: True Crime Stories

By: Gregg Olsen

Narrated by: Karen Peakes

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

From the number one New York Times best-selling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, binge-worthy story of Sharon Nelson, the minister’s wife whose two husbands mysteriously ended up dead.

Colorado, 1976. When Reverend Mike Fuller and his beautiful wife, Sharon, arrive in the sleepy town of Rocky Ford, local residents think something’s off about the new couple. The God-fearing minister is gruff and cold, while charismatic Sharon has her husband wrapped around her finger.

It isn’t long before Sharon is charming her husband’s congregation and finds herself in a tryst with local, married optometrist Perry Nelson. After the affair ends both their marriages, Sharon and Perry tie the knot. But shortly afterward, Perry disappears. When his body is shockingly discovered the bottom of a canyon, his death is ruled an accident, allowing grieving widow Sharon to claim his substantial life insurance.

Trying to move on from the tragedy, Sharon soon remarries fireman Glenn Harrelson. But when the charred remains of Glenn’s body are discovered with two bullet holes in his skull, the police can’t help but question if both men dying in such mysterious circumstances is one coincidence too many....

Shocking, sensational, and gripping, this is the true story of the black widow Sharon Nelson, a must-hear tale of greed, sex, and murder in a sleepy Colorado town that will have true crime fans of The Staircase, American Mother, and Making a Murderer hooked from start to finish.

This book was originally published as Confessions of an American Black Widow and Bitch on Wheels.

©2023 Gregg Olsen (P)2023 Thread, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Tragic must-read black widow story

This is a devastating tale of a dark heart that destroyed many lives. A femme fatale that seemed to be irresistible to the men she chewed up and spit out like bubble gum, those left in her wake had to pick up the pieces she so casually tossed about, seemingly unable to refrain from wreaking havoc in the lives of those unfortunate enough to cross her path. Lives came to an early end at her bidding, and yet her own life was spared, a bitter pill to swallow for the loved ones left behind. Highly recommend this book & any others by this author!

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I don't normally leave reviews, but the amount of times I heard the term "special sauce" almost made me give up on this. Good book with a twisted story, but there was no need to use that term over and over again....

Eww . .

Great book, great performance. But I had to prevent the chunks from rising in my throat every time I heard the term “special sauce.”

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Both the story & performance was very good. Outstanding performance by Karen peaks. I look forward to other audiobooks performed by Karen peaked.

Captivating story

I enjoyed the narration by Karen Peakes. She really draws you into the story and her use of accents and voices helps distinguish the characters. The story was good but the back and forth in the timeline didn’t flow so well for an audible. It made it a little bit confusing and kept making me think I somehow missed a chapter.

Great story and fabulous reader

Gregg Olson always writes books that you don’t want to ever put down once you’ve started.

Very good but the story all over the place

Very good but story all over the place im halve way through the book and no idea how they died and were killed and the story goes from deaths and alive and all of a sudden divorces all over the place poor guys how theyf fall for this evil black widow just listened to the second part now wow all the pieces are joined up now i will listen to this again 5 star 👍