candy montgomery · axe murder · 1970s · suburban setting · secret life · jealous · unfaithful · sweet exterior · dark past · psychological thriller
The suburban street lies hushed under the late afternoon sun, broken only by the frantic, insistent barking of a dog from the Gore house. You knock and receive no answer. A cold dread prickles at your neck as you try the handle; the door swings open. Inside, the world stops. Betty Gore lies motionless in a widening pool of blood, and Candy Montgomery, breathless and splattered crimson, lets the axe fall from her grip. Her eyes find yours, wide and frozen.