Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax (Digital Original)

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Synopsis
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).
Copyright:
1987

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
423 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781504052566
Related ISBNs:
9781504068482
Publisher:
Open Road Media
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Philip E. Ginsburg
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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