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Diane Fanning Written in Blood
St. Martin's Paperbacks 0312994036 / 9780312994037 PAPERBACK Very Good
0312994036 Editorial Reviews nReview nWriting is superb. Most importantly, Fanning has written a true-crime book focused more on the truth than on the crime. -- Vance Holmes, Poetic Justice Product Description nBook Description n nNominated for a 2006 Edgar? Award in the Best Fact Crime category. This prestigious award was given to Truman Capote forty years ago for his classic, IN COLD BLOOD. n nWRITTEN IN BLOOD is the story of an army brat-turned-marine who saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University's School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple- well-respected, prosperous, and happy. n nAll that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina. But blood spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Her trusted husband stood accused. Prosecutors introduced evidence at trial that sixteen years earlier, Peterson was one of the last people to see his neighbor alive before she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home in Germany. A dramatic trial followed in the explosive final chapter of a life that no novelist could ever have conceived...
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