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Jerry Bledsoe was born July 14, 1941, in Danville, Virginia. Bledsoe is a newspaperman. He writes true crime stories as well as humor columns. He has won several awards, including the National Headliners Award (1969) and the Young Newspaperman Award from the International Newspaper Promotion show more Association (1971). As a writer Beldsoe focuses on North Carolina's land and people. Some of his titles include Some Funny Things Happened on the Way Back to the Land (1976), Visitin' with Carolina People (1980), and Blood Games: A True Account of Family Murder (1991). Blue Horizons: Faces and Places from a Bicycle Journey along the Blue Ridge Parkway was published in 1993. Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder appeared in 1994. Bledsoe lives in Ashboro, North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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This story was nuts! I kept having to double check that it was really true, Barbara was just unbelievable! This book was well written, engaging and easily digestible. It felt like I was reading an episode of Dateline. Now off to read more of his books!
 
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Danielle.Desrochers | Oct 10, 2023 |
This was a good true crime book though it was way drawn out as it took more than half of the book to figure out who committed the crime.

Lieth and Bonnie Von Stein seemed to have it all and were living the good life until one terror stricken night when they were attacked in their bed. Lieth passes away from his injuries and Bonnie survives the attack but just barely.

What starts out as a total mystery to the police ends up being something beyond everyone's wildest dreams when the attack seems to lead back to the Von Steins son, Chris and some friends from college who were heavily involved in Dungeons and Dragons.

The whole attack centered around huge life insurance policies that were on both parents as the only ones to benefit from their deaths would be their two children, Chris and Angela.

The book was very slow as the author covered every aspect of the police trying to figure out who was behind the attack which that took up almost three quarters of the book. Only the last few chapters is it revealed who was involved in the attack and how they were brought to justice. Giving this one three stars.
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BookNookRetreat7 | 5 other reviews | Jul 25, 2022 |
This is an informative, factual account of a world famous case. I was really young when this happened and I knew a little of what had happened but not the whole story. I can't say I feel better for the knowing of it. :/
 
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amoderndaybelle | 5 other reviews | May 27, 2021 |
Good book, good writer, good narrator... quite the convoluted story... and incrediblylong. After a while I just wanted the "short version" because of how messy it was. But still, I recommend as a true crime story; just realize that it will be a lot of turns and twists and no easy outs and you're in it for a long haul.
 
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marshapetry | 5 other reviews | Nov 20, 2019 |

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