Title: Bitter Almonds
First published: 1993
Description: Stella Maudine Nickell's small-time world was one of big-time dreams. In 1986, her biggest one came true when her husband died during a seizure, making her the beneficiary of a $175,000,plus insurance payoff,until authorities discovered Bruce Nickell's headache capsules had been laced with cyanide. In an attempt to cover her tracks, Stella did the unconscionable. She saw to it that a stranger would also become a random casualty of cyanide-tainted painkillers. But Stella's cunning plan came undone when her daughter Cynthia notified federal agents. And troubling questions lingered like the secret of bitter almonds... What would turn a gregarious barfly like Stella into a cold-hearted killer overnight? Why would Cynthia, a mirror image of her mother, turn on her own flesh and blood? Did Cynthia reveal everything she knew about the crimes?
Subjects: Biography, Murderers, Victims of crimes, Murder, washington (state), Criminals, biography, Seattle (wash.), history, Washington (state), biography
Places: King County, Seattle, Washington (State)
People: Bruce Nickell (d. 1986), Stella Maudine Nickell
LC classification: HV6248.N573 O48 1993