Love's Blood: The Shocking True Story of a Teenager Who Would Do Anything for the Older Man She Loved—Even Kill Her Whole Family

By: Clark Howard

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Synopsis: &“[This] deeply engaging tale of a teenager who may—or may not—have helped kill her parents [is] a model of evenhanded true-crime writing.&” —Kirkus Reviews Sixteen-year-old Patricia Columbo began working for pharmacist Frank DeLuca, a married father of five, in the 1970s, and the two soon entered into a sexual relationship. Against her father&’s wishes, Patricia and Frank moved in together. Then, in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Patricia&’s father was brutally murdered, along with her mother and thirteen-year-old brother. Police were suspicious of Patricia&’s strange behavior after the bodies were discovered, and following their investigation, they arrested both Patricia and Frank. The details revealed during their trial would horrify the residents of Chicago&’s middle-class suburbs. This book—informed by extensive interviews with Patricia Columbo in prison—tells the haunting story. &“A vivid, captivating, exhaustively researched case history.&” —Publishers Weekly &“An unsettling trip into a world of kinky sex, devotion and love gone wrong . . . stays with you long after the final page.&” —Ridley Pearson, New York Times–bestselling author

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