Sybil Bruncheon's Summer Suspenseful Reading Suggestions!... "The Grapefruit Spoon Slayer" by Pilburt Gnadley!!!

Based on the true story in the Waltham Gazette from 1934 about the infamous and slightly dyslexic Beatrice Crenwinkle. She killed a confirmed 39 people, and was suspected of another 42 more! All in the Pilgrim's Progress Luncheonette on the corner of Standish and Bradford over the span of 18 years.... her trademark was to leave a maraschino cherry in the middle of the forehead of each victim supposedly because she had been raised in an abusive Presbyterian orphanage in India until she was 11… or perhaps because she was just allergic to curry. Massachusetts toyed with the idea of outlawing grapefruit spoons for the following decade, but settled instead on just banning red food dye #1 and jarred cocktail fruit.

Not recommended for young or impressionable readers because of its fairly graphic and lurid passages, especially the descriptions of what she did with the victims before she'd leave their bodies at various roadside fruit stands or in the fresh produce aisles in local grocery stores. Chilling!! Thoroughly chilling!!

(The paperback version has additional illustrations, color photographs, and a centerfold!… but is only sold to adults! Jack & Jill Magazine is contemplating publishing a child-appropriate edition. With a connect-the-dots and paper-doll cut-outs!)

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