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Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of The Joe Cool’s Tragic Final Voyage by Carol Soret Cope(March 2011)
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsIt should have been a pleasant and quick charter to the Bahamas, but it turned into a deadly nightmare for the owners and crew of The Joe Cool. -
Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars: A Southern Tragedy of Money, Murder, and Innocence Betrayed by R. Robin McDonald (June 1998)
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Sara Tokars learned too much about her husband's money laundering legal practice, Fred Tokars devised a plan to keep Sara quiet - forever. -
Blind Justice: A Murder, a Scandal, and a Brothers Search to Avenge His Sister’s Death by Edie and Ray Gibson with Randall Turner
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsDianne Masters wanted to divorce her powerful attorney husband, but Alan had too much to lose to let her out of the marriage alive. -
Legally Dead: A Father and Son Bound by Murder by Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie (October 2011)
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 CommentSeth Bader loved his money and his gold-digging mistress. Paying alimony and child support to his ex-wife didn't leave him a lot to work with, so something had to give. -
The Soldier of Fortune Murders: A True Story of Obsessive Love and Murder-for-Hire by Ben Green (October 1992)
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsJohn Wayne Hearn was looking for a little post-Vietnam action when he placed the ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. He got much more than he could ever bargain for: a woman named Debbie Banister. -
Marrying the Hangman by Sheila Weller (June 1993)
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsA divorce turns fatal when a wealthy Wall Street stock analysts ups the ante in a bid to win a heated child custody battle. -
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe (April 1989)
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 4 CommentsVery Detailed. Very. Review by Kim Cantrell Susie Sharp Newsom came from a large Southern family of fine reput; even producing the first women to be elected as Chief Justice... -
Rage by Gary C. King (July 2010)
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 1 CommentDarren Mack was ordered to pay $10k per month in alimony and $849 in child support. He saw no other way out than to murder his wife...and the Judge -
Presumed Dead by Henry K. Lee (July 2010)
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsJust the Facts, Ma’am Review by Kim Cantrell Very, very seldom can a newspaper reporter make the leap to true crime author, such as the case with San Francisco Chronicle... -
Never Enough by Joe McGinniss (July 2008)
Posted on April 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe Kissels were no stranger to disfunctionality. While Nancy had her own Mommy-abandoment issues, the Kissels lived in the shadow of an overly critical father