"In the 1880s, teenage killer Belle King stands trial for murder in the Wild West when her first victim, her husband, arrives alive, upending her plans"--

Ages 12+

When nineteen-year-old Belle King turns herself in for murder, the last thing she expects to see is her abusive husband standing outside her Dodge City jail cell. He was the first man she ever meant to kill (but certainly not the last!). Somehow, though, her husband is there, hale and hearty, and very much not dead. With his arrival her plans in jail are jeopardized, and she'll be forced to resort to all the tricks in her arsenal to prevent him from ever being in control of her again. But as a girl in the 1880s Wild West, the last thing anyone will believe is a woman--even when she confesses to her own crimes

Grades 7-9