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New York Times Bestseller: The "astonishing" true story of the notorious "black widow" who preyed on her husband and daughter and faked her own death (The Washington Post Book World).
Pretty, smart, and pampered, Audrey Marie Hilley grew up in a small Alabama town believing she was entitled to the best of everything. But marriage to her high school sweetheart, a cushy secretarial job, and motherhood were not enough to satisfy Marie, and she soon began to act out in troubling ways. Only when her husband, Frank, became sick with a mysterious illness, did it seem that she was ready to put someone else's needs ahead of her own. The truth was far more disturbing.
Four years after Frank died, Marie's daughter, Carol, began to experience debilitating stomach pains. The young woman was near death when the horrifying reality finally emerged: Marie had poisoned her husband with arsenic and was attempting to do the same to her daughter. It was the first in a series of shocking twists that exposed Marie Hilley as a cold-blooded chameleon capable of the most sinister of crimes. From Alabama to Florida to New Hampshire, her trail of death and deceit included multiple identities, a second marriage, a false kidnapping, a fake death, several dramatic escapes, and a final act of desperation that brought the whole sordid saga to an astonishing end.
A mesmerizing portrait of an American murderess with "a genius for deception," Poisoned Blood is "one of the most riveting true-crime stories in memory" (Publishers Weekly).
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A lot of newer books are or biased, or telling everything in the first chapter, or are boring and only based on newspapers and trial transcripts.
Take a look at the 3 old tc books I just read.
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This book was a good old fashioned true crime book but to be honest I also had to skip a few chapters in the beginning to not be spoiled. But the book was good.
Then I picked a jewel
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This is not only a true crime book but also an adventure.. What fantastic writing and not only that but also fantastic research. This is how you write a book.
Then I finished this book Poisoned Blood last night.
What a story and also a lot of research.
Such an interesting read. Lots of back story about the people surrounding Marie Hilley.
Another true crime book I highly recommend.
The story in it self was great but I think this must have been a lot of work because this case was very confusing.
Alas my book is now read in 2 halves. I know my mum will enjoy reading this so I hope she does not mind. It also had a lot of photo's.
Message to True crime authors of the now. Please take note.
*We do not want a very biased account (Ann Rule). I understand there will be always a little bit of bias cause we are human, but please try not to be so biased. If you constantly feel the need to tell us how mean so and so was and how good his or her victim, it feels like you think we have no brains. We have thank you and we can make up our own minds.
* Please do not assume we know about the case. Best books are the one written in chronological order. Youth, life, killing , trial if there.
Thanks for listening.
p.s readers of true crime: feel free to add your own pet peeves in the comments section.
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