num_pages: 384
description: In this haunting and riveting firsthand account, a survivor of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell."A suspenseful tale of escape that reads like a satisfying thriller.... The most important personal testimony to emerge from the Jonestown tragedy." — Chicago TribuneA high-level member of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple for seven years, Deborah Layton escaped his infamous commune in the Guyanese jungle, leaving behind her mother, her older brother, and many friends. She returned to the United States with warnings of impending disaster, but her pleas for help fell on skeptical ears, and shortly thereafter, in November 1978, the Jonestown massacre shocked the world. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a suspenseful story of intrigue, power, and murder.
language: English
title: Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
titlecomplete: Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
genres: True Crime, Crime, History, Biography, Memoir, Religion, Cults, Biography Memoir, Cult Classics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3517
publisher: Anchor