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Because You Loved Me (Pinnacle True Crime)
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by M. William Phelps
Sales Rank: 19136
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List Price: $6.99
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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Pinnacle December 1, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078601783X
ISBN-13: 978-0786017836
Product Dimensions:
6.8 x 3.9 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
From AudioFile
M. William Phelps, a veteran true-crime writer, explores the 2004 Nashua, New Hampshire, murder of Jeanne Dominico by her 14-year-old daughter and her daughterÕs 18-year-old boyfriend. Once the early facts of the crime are reported, however, the details of the investigation (neighborsÕ and townspeopleÕs statements, police reports, suspect interrogations) become repetitious. Happily, J. CharlesÕs narration provides the tension needed to keep listeners engaged. Charles sounds as if heÕs truly interested in what Billy SullivanÕs unstable life was like before he met Nicole Kasinskas and what led her to assist him in her motherÕs brutal murder. Charles avoids using character voices yet still manages to convey the whiny, self-indulgent attitudes held by the overweight girl and the mentally shaky young man. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Book Description
A Life Taken
Jeanne Dominico's fiancé found her body on her kitchen floor. More than forty stab wounds and blows to her head with a blunt instrument had cut her life short. What monster had struck in the heart of a peaceful New England town?
A Trust Betrayed
Jeanne was a hard-working single mother. Nicole, her fourteen-year-old daughter was on the honor-roll and head over heels in love--with an eighteen-year-old man she'd known only through the Internet. Once the lovers met in person, Jeanne's motherly instincts sensed trouble. If only she'd known that the life in danger was her own.
In The Name Of Love
With a history of psychological trouble and family misfortune, Billy Sullivan's obsessive and controlling power over Nicole contributed to the brutal slaying of her mother. But it was Nicole's stunning confession and guilty plea that led to Billy's sensational trial, where a sordid tale of love, loss, betrayal and murder finally took a cold-blooded killer offline--and on line for justice.
"Phelps is a first-rate investigator." --Dr. Michael M. Baden
Includes 16 Pages Of Shocking Photos
Customer Reviews & Comments
Because You Loved Me is a case study of different sorts of love, platonic, parental, romantic, and obsessive. It's easy to predict which type will go wrong. The High Queen of the drama queens, Nicole, falls in a twisted sort of love with macho manipulator Billy, and in a metter of days, she is blind to all the good things in her life. Her mom, her friends, her education, her home - Nicole no longer sees value in any of this, and when Billy enters the picture, purely by chance, her daily existence changes from normal to, in her estimation, a living hell. And suddenly, she cannot fathom how she can possibly live without this guy whom she barely knows. Together, Nicole and Billy make fateful choices that will ensure that they will have to live without each other, forever and ever. What is surprising is that they were so blind to the fact that their actions would have irreversible, devastating consequences. M. William Phelps is a skilled researcher who knows how to delve for facts and nuances, and page by page, he uncovers the details, delineating the story of this young couple's disastrous obsession from its inception to its miserable conclusion. He approaches this murder from three angles, that of the victim and her fiance, that of the besotted, daughter and her maladjusted suitor, and that of the legal system. This is no mystery story; rather, it is a dissection of the anatomy of a crime committed by two terribly misguided, hysterical teens. It is nothing less than chilling, another example about what can happen when children are improperly parented. Highly recommended.
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