If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

by Gregg Olsen

Shelly wouldn’t entertain the idea that she might have problems that needed fixing. Even though she’d been confronted with the truth, Shelly remained adamant that nothing was her fault. Nothing had ever been.

She was volatile, unpredictable. She had a mean streak that was sometimes hidden by a pretense of caring about someone or something.

“I don’t understand Shelly’s constant need to try to ruin people’s lives.”