Murder, American Style: 50 Unforgettable True Stories About Love Gone Wrong - Softcover

Krajicek, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452804974 ISBN 13: 9781452804972

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

Why do people kill those they love? David J. Krajicek, one of America's most renowned true crime storytellers, explores that question is these 50 unforgettable examples of relationship murders, including spouses, intimate partners and other blood relatives. The killers often are motivated by lust and greed, which Krajicek calls the terrible twins of the Seven Deadly Sins. More than 2 million marriages are celebrated each year in America. Some last forever. About half don't. A simple divorce is the solution for most couples when marriage loses its fragrance. But legal niceties like divorce do not seem viable for certain types of people, those who cannot fathom a life of romantic freedom fettered with debt. In these cases, Krajicek writes, "First comes love, then comes marriage. This is followed by sobering reality, quarrels, regrets, resentment, hostility, frigidity, animosity. Soon, one partner is sitting at the computer googling phrases like 'How to commit murder.'"

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"It's true: You don't have to kill your wife--just divorce her, and David J. Krajicek's engaging and entertaining book will give you all the reasons why. A must-read for spousal murderers, and those who love to read about them."--Paul LaRosa, CBS News producer and author of Tacoma Confidential

"Stars, they're just like us--and just as likely to fall victim to a gun or a knife. Krajicek has the insider story in Murder, American Style, where the famous and the anonymous experience the same unhappy ending."--Larry Sutton, OK! Magazine

About the Author

David J. Krajicek, a longtime newspaperman and true crime author, has been telling true crime stories for more than 30 years. He is the author of Death By Rock 'n' Roll, a Kindle Singles true crime best-seller released in the summer of 2011 by RosettaBooks. Krajicek writes The Justice Story, America's longest-running true crime feature, for The New York Daily News. He was a special correspondent for Court TV's Crime Library and has appeared frequently on television as a crime expert, including on "The Today Show" and Dominick Dunne's "Power, Privilege and Justice" on Court TV. His other books include True Crime Missouri: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases, released in the fall of 2011 by Stackpole, and Scooped! Media Miss Real Story on Crime While Chasing Sex, Sleaze and Celebrities. Krajicek is deeply involved in crime journalism as a founding member of Criminal Justice Journalists, a coeditor of Crime & Justice News and a contributing editor for TheCrimeReport.org. A native Nebraskan, he lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York and on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1452804974
• ISBN 13: 9781452804972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222