Probably the Only Linedecker Book I’ll Recommend
Review by Kim Cantrell
Jill Lonita Billiot was destined to be a conniving woman.
By the time of her arrest for the murder of Gerald “Gerry” Boggs, her name “techincally” was as follows: Jill Lonita Billiot Ihnen Moore Coit Brodie Dirosa Metzger Steely Boggs Carroll.
Should I repeat?
And one must not forget that Billiot (her birth maiden name) should actually be dropped and “Johansen” added as she manipulated an ederly gentleman to adopt her, whose fortune she later inherited.
Many of Jill’s marriages overlapped one another, making her a bigamist along with (most likely) being the record holder for number of marriages!
Poisoned Vows offers a extremely detailed account of the path most traveled by Jill that lead to convincing her boyfriend (an adulterous affair, nonetheless) to assist her in murdering the one man who was ready to expose her for what she was: a lying, cheating, manipulating, greedy female fatale.
Gerald Boggs was distraught and angry when he learned that not only was she still married to Carl Steely while they were married, but she had also lied about being pregnant with and giving birth to a daughter belonging to him.
Of course, this wasn’t the first time Jill had lied about phantom children. Nor would it be the last time she would play a role in the death of one of her husbands….
While I found Poisoned Vows to be difficult to read, offering details that are confusing; this is not an issue that can be blamed on author Clifford Linedecker. (I can only imagine how hard it was to write it!)
Linedecker did an excellent job in attempting to keep the facts sorted for the reader, even if the information is often repetitious.
I was a bit disappointed that Jill and co-defendant, Michael Backus, was still weeks away from sentencing at the time of writing this book; I feel that the book should not have been published with that info.
Otherwise, however, this is an excellent read for any true crime fan.
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