The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway of Jablin’s Virginia home. Police immediately turned their attentions to the victim’s ex-wife, Piper, a petite, pretty Texas lawyer who had lost a bitter custody battle and would do anything to get her kids back. But Piper was in Houston, one thousand miles away, at the time of the slaying and couldn’t possibly have been the killer . . . could she?
So began an investigation into one of the most bizarre cases Virginia and Texas law enforcement agencies had ever encountered: a twisted conspiracy of lies, rage, paranoia, manipulation, and savage murder that would ensnare an entire family—including two lethally close look-alike sisters—and reveal the shocking depravities possible when a dangerously disordered mind slips into madness.
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Summary
This true crime story is interesting because the murderer could be Fred Jablin's wife Piper, but she was 1,000 miles from his house, or it could be Piper's sister who looks so much like her, or it could be one of the many men the sisters met online. This is the first book I have read by author Kathryn Casey, but it won't be the last. This story moves fast and has some interesting surprises and takes us through the court case and sentencing.
Violence-Because this is a true crime, there is obviously a murder, but it is not graphically described.