The Sex Slave Murders: The Horrifying True Story of America's First Husband-and-Wife Serial Killers

by R. Barri Flowers

Book Overview

A marriage made in hell...Barely five feet tall, sweet and innocent looking, Charlene Gallego used all of her charms to beguile pretty teenage girls and young women into the back of a van, where her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312959893
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.8" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

More then I ever expected

Sitting at Barnes and Noble bookstore I was rummaging through the True Crime book section, looking for a new book to read for a school book project. I came across "The Sex Slave Murders" by Flowers and decided it would do for my project. Not only did this book just satisfy my criteria for school, it satisfied me as a reader. Normally, I am one to skip pages and not want to read, but I couldn't put the book down. From victim to victim I became more appalled by the Gallegos, but couldn't stop reading. I was so curious to see what would happen next. Every other chapter Flowers wrote about a new victim, what happen to them, what the police think happened to them, and how Gerald and Charlene covered up their tracks. Flowers showed us back and forth the struggle Charlene had killing and helping her husband rape other women, afraid she would be the next victim if she didn't help. I think Flowers did a great job getting into the heads of these criminal masterminds. I also enjoyed the fact that he go back and forth between trial and murder, that way I wasn't overwhelmed with their cruel acts all at once. I give this book a 5 star. It kept me hanging on till the very end. I would recommend this to anyone, Flowers shows the world the sick and demented creatures that roam the streets like one of us. The Gallegos put fear into eleven victim's eyes, and I was able to see that through Flowers writing.

Just the good stuff

This book is just the right length to make you live through the horror of these murders. There is none of the boring tedium of telling us about the childhoods of every investigator on the case and so forth that so many other true crime books so often deliver. This book simply takes you on a horrifying ride and drops you off with your head spinning. There is no wasted ink here. Flowers did a great job.

A Top Of The Line , Riveting True Crime Thriller!!!!

As an avid fan of true crime and mystery books, I found The Sex Slave Murders by R. Barri Flowers to be amongst the top books I've read in each category. Certainly as a true crime tale, they don't get any scarier and the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction. It involves a murderous couple, Gerald and Charlene Gallego, who meet in California, then become involved in sex slave fantasies and serial murder.I found myself hooked from the first page that talked about Gerald Gallego's father being a twice convicted murderer, who was executed -- implying a "bad seed" in his killer son. With Charlene, they may have fancied themselves some sort of modern day Clyde and Bonnie. In fact, I saw them only as brutal killers, whose murder spree took ten innocent lives before they were brought down.The courtoom drama that turned the two killers gainst each other was riveting!For any true crime fans who want a real page turner and a case unlike any other out there from start to finish, I greatly recommend The Sex Slave Murders!I also read Flowers' mystery novels, Damning Evidence and When Night Falls. They were also great. I can't wait till his next true crime book comes out!

Such a good book!

First of all, it was well written! Very exciting and interesting true story of a husband and wife on their "killing tour"! Once when started reading it, I couldn't put it down. If you wanna read a good book, this is the one!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

A frightening and strange true to life story...about a man and his sexual fantasies...a woman and her total submission to her husband...and how together they committed an unusual and brutal crime of sexual torture and murder...not once but over a period of time and involved several victims. The book presented the story with accurate details giving the readers a vivid description of the characters and their horrible crime. Truly gripping.