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B01MTU86Z7
Title: Evidence of Love Pdf A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
Edgar Award Finalist: The “sensational” true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that shocked a Texas community (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.
On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty’s utility room that morning was all too real.
Based on exclusive interviews with the Montgomery Gore and families, Evidence of Love is the riveting account of a gruesome tragedy and the trial that made national headlines when the defendant entered the most unexpected of pleas: not guilty by reason of self-defense (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
Adapted into the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning television movie A Killing in a Small Town, this chilling tale of sin and savagery will “fascinate true crime aficionados” (Kirkus Reviews).
Rotten, and NOT Great on Kindle! I was bamboozled into buying this crummy book by the lure of a discount. What a waste of time and money. It's so repulsive that I removed it from my kindle. To readers who might be similarly tempted, be forewarned: it's just another trashy blame-the-victim extravaganza. The book is told, sympathetically, from the point of view of Candy Montgomery, who hacked Betty Gore to death with an axe, forty-one times. At the trial she pleaded self-defense, and the most soulless jury on the planet bought it.Needless to say, we're never going to get Betty's version of what happened (I have a feeling that it would have been quite different from Candy's version); and apparently, that's just fine with the authors.Where is the compassion for the victim of this tragedy? There is none. As Dominick Dunne pointed out, in every murder trial the victim is put on trial. The defense has to make the victim as unsympathetic as possible, implying that he/she deserved to be killed. The authors seem to think that it was okay to take Betty's life because 1) she was a hypochondriac, and 2) she whined a lot.Okay, so she whined a lot. She still didn't deserve to be hacked into a bloody pulp. And the authors only briefly mention the fact that Betty seemed to have turned a corner in her attitude toward others, and become more openly giving.And as if her losing her life wasn't enough, Betty's jerk husband wonders if he ever really loved her.What an act of supreme selfishness, on the part of the husband and the authors! They blithely ignore the horrible pain such a remark would cause the only two completely innocent people in the book: Betty's daughters.Their mother was brutally and suddenly taken from them when they were very young - one was a baby, who never knew her mother- and they weren't even allowed to have the consolation that their father loved their mother.This is a lousy book. The editors of Amazon should be ashamed of themselves for promoting it.Evidence of Hate Despite the grisly nature of this true crime novel, it is also an interesting delve into the minds of both victim and perpetrator, plus an interesting account of small town America - its cultural principles and pretences and what really goes on in people's heads in their homes and in their churches (sometimes). It is also a very gripping story about the justice system and how people operate from within. And how close friends of the perpetrator and strangers, all in their individual ways, dealt with an abominable crime also kept me reading. But what is most fascinating of all about this book is how two ordinary suburban housewives came to find themselves face-to-face in the horrid situation that they did. The scene slowly unravels for the reader until we, too, are facing what can only be a horrendous outcome. The last chapter is an excellent summary (or surmise if you like) of what went on in the minds of those two women in the utility room of a suburban home. A good can't-put-down read.The story about two young church-going mothers and a bloody axe... This true crime takes place in a small town near Dallas in 1980. Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore were friends, both married and raising small children, and both very active in their small church. One day, one of them is murdered, hit 41 times with an axe, and apparently the other one did it.I'm giving this book five stars because every time I put it down, I couldn't wait to get back to it. What a well-written book! In chapter one, Candy is in her car, hurrying back tothe church to help with lunch on the last day of Bible School. She is concentrating very hard on the tasks at hand. No one sees her bandaged toe or notices the cut near her hairline.At the beginning, the reader knows of the grizzly murder, and who did it. But not why. And not the details of exactly what happened in that utility room on that morning.If you enjoy true crime, and haven't read this book yet (written in 1984) or are familiar with the story, it should hold your interest. Seems to me it's hard to find true crime books published today that are this good. One minor fault: The title on the cover. Doesn't seem like a good fit for the contents inside. Five stars.That's how the reader knowsIt was first published in 1984, at a time when I couldn't get my fill of true crime books. Since I didn't read this one, and I don't remember hearing about it,
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