Best-selling true crime author John Leake tells the full story of a Dallas socialite long suspected of serial murder, presents new evidence, and exposes how she evaded scrutiny by law enforcement.

About John Leake

John Leake was born and raised in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1989. He has written four books. His first, “Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Social Killer,” was a New York Times Sunday Book Review “Editor’s Choice,” a Men’s Vogue “Best Book of 2007”, and the inspiration for "The Infernal Comedy,” starring John Malkovich. His second book, “Cold A Long Time: An Alpine Mystery,” was the winner of the 2012 Independent Publisher Award. His most recent book, “The Meaning of Malice: On the Trail of the Black Widow of Highland Park,” details the life and crimes of a notorious Dallas socialite in the seventies and early eighties named Sandra Bridwell.