After OZ by Gordon McAlpine

An intense version of the events after Dorothy came home from the land of Oz. Unlike the book and movie, Dorothy was not welcomed with open arms and the warm embrace of Auntie Em but came back to skeptical townspeople. It was a miracle she survived the tornado and how she just appeared days later unharmed ranting about a magical land and how she regrettably killed a bad witch. Sadly someone did die a horrible death during the tornado and Dorothy becomes the only suspect. Was it madness or is this young girl a cold hearted killer? Dorothy is committed to an asylum seemingly for the rest of her life until a young psychologist comes to study her case. There are so many fantastic twists off this yellow brick road as Dr. Evelyn and the reader discover. It will take a miracle to get the truth out of the ultra conservative town of Topeka who would rather hang her for being a witch than find the killer. A fascinating revisitation of the books and movie we loved as children that also speaks to the treatment of asylums, the fate of orphans and the fear of being different in the rural midwest of 1890's. Sinister and deliciously dark this will appeal to readers of true crime, historical mysteries as well as THE WIZARD OF OZ fans. ​  4 1/2 stars