false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173276660m/266346.jpg 266346 13 <B>AMERICA'S #1 TRUE-CRIME WRITER FULFILLS A MURDER VICTIM'S DESPERATE PLEA -- WITH THIS SHATTERING <I>NEW YORK TIMES</I> BESTSELLER<P><I>"If anything ever happens to me...<P>find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story."</I></B><P>In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim's request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush -- a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she now chronicles with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor. Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthorne, a handsome charmer -- and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was slain in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila's every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.<P> 2511085 2001 Every Breath You Take : A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder total:873|5:226|4:348|3:256|2:33|1:10| 873 3366 1147 64 5 0 false false Tue Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 24 19:10:26 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 19:19:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 19:54:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:03:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 12:48:35 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 12:56:19 -0700 2009 Her sister tries to get sheila away from Allen but Allen tells her he will kill her...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 21 14:21:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 14:31:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 06:05:41 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 06:11:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 07:21:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 09:25:32 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 07:21:38 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:42:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:43:37 -0700 2009
This was a bit long in spots, but I got a little frustrated every time I had to set it down and get off the train or whatever, which is the mark of a well-written book.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 01 13:59:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 14:01:20 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 12:11:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 10:51:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 15:52:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 15:54:18 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 04:07:31 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 04:18:22 -0700 2008 1 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Mar 31 13:00:07 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 13:01:12 -0700 2009
Years after reading this book that still gives me chills. ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Jun 16 09:23:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 09:25:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 11:58:07 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:59:13 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 30 07:10:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 07:13:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 19 08:07:57 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 08:09:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 19:07:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:37:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:18:39 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:19:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 08:58:44 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 08:59:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:51:26 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:52:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=266346