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| Title: |
Heart Full of Lies |
| Author: |
Ann Rule |
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$10.95 |
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$5.48 |
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PLEASE NOTE: This book may have an alternate cover. The following description is provided as a guide only and may contain text that doesn't specifically relate to this item. From Publishers Weekly . . . .Former Seattle police officer and crime author Rule (Small Sacrifices; Dead by Sunset, etc.) knows a good drama when she finds one: it involves love, betrayal, greed and violence. In the story of Liysa Northon, a woman who murdered her third husband, Chris Northon, in order to collect his insurance money, Rule has found a real-life soap opera. In the fall of 2000, Liysa convinced Chris to go on a camping trip with her and their small son in the remote forests of Oregon. But the idyllic vacation didn't last long; Liysa would later admit to ending her husband's life by shooting him in the head in an act of ‘self-defense.’ From where she sits today (in an Oregon state prison), she still professes to have shot Chris only in innocence and fear-emotions she said were caused by her years as a victim of domestic violence. But according to her husband's parents and other sources, Liysa is a manipulative sociopath who spent years crafting a public fa¨ade of abuse persuasive enough to justify the cold-blooded murder of her husband. Rule has done an impressive amount of research to reconstruct the history of Liysa's crime and the stories of the main people involved, interviewing dozens of police officers, investigators and private citizens across the country. And if the author's prose is somewhat flat, the fascinating and perplexing drama should be more than enough to keep most readers turning pages. . . . .Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. . . . . . . . .From AudioFile . . . .Lisa and Chris Northon go on a camping trip. Later that night, Lisa rushes to friends, telling them she shot Chris in self-defense after he beat and tried to drown her. She claims she shot him while running from him; however, Chris's body is found zipped in his sleeping bag, the bullet having hit him directly between the eyes. Oregon detectives suspect they're looking at homicide but have little evidence to prove it. While the abridgment eliminates most of the letters, journal entries, and graphic forensic details, Blair Brown's intelligent reading keeps the listener in thrall. Her clear, unemotional presentation of this grim story turns it into chilling drama. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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