Poisoned Blood
A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax
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Poisoned Blood
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Narrateur(s):
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David Colacci
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Auteur(s):
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Philip E. Ginsburg
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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.
©1987 Philip E. Ginsburg (P)2020 TantorThe story is so implausible that it screams "Fiction!".. but Ginsburg demonstrates impeccable authentication. Less fortunately, he scripts dialogue so heavily - admittedly often using courtroom transcripts of testimony - that the book comes across like a screenplay. Readers are left wondering "Did.. did this happen?"
As to presentation: Reader David Colacci turns in a solidly professional - if unspectacular - narration. His descriptive, pedagogical tone - reminiscent of the great 'Bill Kurtis' on A&E - fits the subject matter perfectly.. but he often betrays an 'I am reading a text sitting open on my lap" indifference. The performance is "average" overall.
Altogether, 'Poisoned Blood' merits 6.5 stars out of 10. I enjoyed the book after finding it on the 'Plus' menu.. but wouldn't invest a Credit given the plethora of better True Crime offerings available.
Very "Movie of the Week"
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