Blood in the Sand

by Clifford L. Linedecker

Describes the brutal murder of wealthy Las Vegas bookie Bruce Weinstein and the search for, capture of, and conviction of his girlfriend Amy DeChant, who had killed her lover to get her hands on Weinstein's fortune and was captured with the help of

Genres: True Crime, Crime, Nonfiction

237 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2000

About the author

Clifford L. Linedecker is a former daily newspaper journalist with eighteen years experience on the Philadelphia Inquirer, Rochester (N.Y.) Times-Union, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, and several other Indiana newspapers. He is an experienced investigative reporter who has covered police and the courts on each of the papers where he was employed. He is a former articles editor for National Features Syndicate in Chicago, and for "County Rambler" magazine. He is the author of numerous true crime titles, including The Man Who Killed Boys, Night Stalker, Killer Kids, Blood in the Sand, and Deadly White Female.

Reviews

[Diane in Australia · Rating 3 out of 5]

About a femme fatale, Amy DeChant, who goes through men like I go through books. When she finally lands the big one ... VERY rich ... he's a big meanie to poor little Amy and won't share his money. Gifts, yep, like any femme fatale she gets those, but the big moolah, or the houses in her name, nope, no dice. So, she kills him, ropes one of the employees from her carpet cleaning business into helping her, and dumps him in the Nevada USA desert. Unfortunately, for them ... but fortunately for the rest of mankind ... the cops catch 'em, and the courts jail 'em.

Interesting true crime case, but not a real page-turner. It needed a bit more pizzazz to draw the reader in. True crime is not like fictional mystery. We already know who-did-what-to-whom before we pick up the book. The author's job is to tell the tale in such a way that we keep flippin' the pages eager to see what unfolds next. This one didn't quite live up to that ideal.

3 Stars = I liked the book. I enjoyed it. I'm glad I read it.

[SouthWestZippy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wealthy bookie Bruce Weinstein goes missing and friends and family know something is wrong. His live-in girlfriend Amy DeChant becomes the prime suspect. They find his body in the Nevada desert and Amy goes on the run. Not the best True Crime I have ever read but not the worst. The case itself is fascinating and you can tell some research has been done but it lacks something, I just can't put my finger on it.

[Ronnie Cramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing fancy, but I wish more true crime books were like this: an interesting case, concise storytelling and sufficient detail.

[Steve Kemp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting case ,a quick read indeed.

[Bri Barkley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was good but different from similar true crime books. This one really just lightly brushed over the trial, which I thought I'd like better since some books really dwell on the entire he said she said during trials, but I just didn't really get a lot of information from that lack of trial information. My biggest issue with this book is that the pages in the middle don't show any pictures of the victim. I was kind of shocked when there wasn't a single one of him shown. Otherwise though it was a decent read and didn't take super long to get through.

[Carol Lynch · Rating 1 out of 5]

Total hack piece. A police folder with adjectives thrown in, no real depth or follow up.

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was just an "okay" book. In all honesty, I think I had read it before, so that's probably why I say it was an "okay" book.

[Crystal Pippin · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book