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Dont Look Behind You and Other True Cases by Ann Rule (November 2011)
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsI think Ann Rule may be listening (er, reading) what her fans are saying when it comes to her true crime volumes because number 15 is a great compromise with our desire for detail while still sharing some of her great cold cases. -
Poisoned Love by Caitlin Rother (July 2005)
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsIt Was Great, Updates Make It Greater! Review by Kim Cantrell Spoiled and overindulged as a child, Kristin Rossum was no different as a grown woman. She was never taught... -
The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond (August 2007)
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsAfter 35 years of marriage, Roger Scaggs decided he wanted out, but he couldn't bear the thought of losing half of all he had worked for in a divorce. That left only one option: murder. -
While She Slept: A Husband, a Wife, a Brutal Murder by Marion Collins (June 2005)
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsJeff Cahill beat his wife to the point of near death with a baseball bat then, while out on bail, he disguised himself as a janitor and calmly strolled into her hospital room where he forced her to drink cyanide. -
Lifetime Movie: The Pastors Wife starring Rose McGowan and Michael Shanks (October 2011)
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsWas Matthew Winkler a the good kind man as his murderous wife first stated or was he really the kinky, domineering husband she later told about a trial? -
Deadly Divorces: Twelve True Stories of Marriages That Ended in Murder by Tammy Cohen (January 2008)
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsTwelve short stories of deadly matrimony out of the United Kingdom that'll make you look (suspiciously) at your significant other. -
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.