| Description |
v, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The teenage girl and the ranch owner -- The father and the friend -- The funeral and the skateboard -- The killer -- The drowning, the women and the mother -- Mental health and the getaway -- The rumors -- The sprees -- The stalker -- The redbird -- The crime scene photographer and the cousin -- Evil personified -- The picture in the casket -- The post-murder meltdown -- The state hospital -- The psychiatric team diagnosis -- The posthumous birthday gift -- The foreclosure -- The trial stay to first day -- The admission -- Faking bad -- The psychiatrists' say -- The jury deliberates -- The verdict -- The sentence -- The death row inmate -- Rockefeller's goodwill and peace to prisoners -- The fifth marriage and the escape -- The chest pains and newspaper clippings -- The string pulling -- The keep forever letters -- Oregon or bust -- The logjam loosened -- The final headline -- The Cathie road trips. |
| Summary |
"By 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn't your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-state gamblers, flim-flam men, and high rollers to its racetracks, clubs, and bordellos. Still, the town was shaken to its core after a girl was found dead on a nearby ranch. The ranch owner claimed it was an accident. Then the rancher was found to be the killer of another woman - his fourth wife"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244). |
| Subject |
Davis, Frank, died 1984.
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Ward, Cathie, 1953-1966.
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Davis, Sharron Knight, died 1967.
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Murderers -- Arkansas -- Hot Springs -- Biography.
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Murder victims -- Arkansas -- Hot Springs -- Biography.
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Murder -- Arkansas -- Hot Springs -- History -- 20th century.
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Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Martin, Bitty, 1951- Snake eyes Lanham : Prometheus Books, [2022] 9781633887770 (DLC) 2021026087 |
| ISBN |
9781633887763 $25.95 |
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1633887766 $25.95 |
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