From the critically acclaimed author of “An Unexplained Death”, a breathless true crime tale of sex, religion, and murder in the deep South.
On the face of it, Denise Williams and Brian Winchester had the perfect, quintessentially Southern lives. The two were hardworking devout Baptists and together, with their respective spouses, formed a tight-knit friendship that seemed unbreakable. That is, until December 16, 2000, when Denise's husband Mike disappeared while duck hunting on Lake Seminole on the border of Georgia and Florida.
After no body was found, it was assumed that he had drowned and was consumed by alligators in a tragic accident. But things took an unexpected turn when Brian divorced his wife and married Denise. Their surprising marriage was far from happy and in 2018, he confessed to police he killed Mike with Denise's help nearly two decades earlier.
Now, the full, shocking story is revealed by Mikita Brottman, acclaimed true crime writer. With tenacious investigating and clear-eyed prose, she exposes the dark underbelly of far-right conservative Christianity and how it not only led Brian to choose murder over adultery as the lesser of two sins but now threatens American democracy. A fascinating and in-depth page-turner, Guilty Creatures is destined to become an instant classic in the true crime genre.
