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    Blood and Money
    Blood and Money
    Blood and Money
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    Blood and Money

    Written by Thomas Thompson

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

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    Joan Robinson Hill was a world-class equestrian, a glamorous member of Houston high society, and the wife of Dr. John Hill, a handsome and successful plastic surgeon. Her father, Ash Robinson, was a charismatic oil tycoon obsessed with making his daughter's every dream come true.

    Rich, attractive, and reckless, Joan was one of the most celebrated women in a town infatuated with money, power, and fame. Then one morning in 1969, she fell mysteriously ill. The sordid events that followed comprise "what may be the most compelling and complex case in crime annals" (Ann Rule, bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me).

    From the elegant mansions of River Oaks, one of America's most exclusive neighborhoods, to a seedy underworld of prostitution and murder-for-hire, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Thompson tracks down every bizarre motive and enigmatic clue to weave a fascinating tale of lust and vengeance. Full of colorful characters, shocking twists, and deadly secrets, Blood and Money is "an absolute spellbinder" and true crime masterpiece (Newsweek).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781977376640
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    Thomas Thompson

    Thomas Thompson (1933–1982) was a bestselling author and one of the finest investigative journalists of his era. Born in Forth Worth, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and began his career at the Houston Press. He joined Life as an editor and staff writer in 1961 and covered many major news stories for the magazine, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As Paris bureau chief, Thompson reported on the Six-Day War and was held captive by the Egyptian government along with other Western journalists. His first two books—Hearts (1971), about the rivalry between two famous Houston cardiovascular surgeons, and Richie (1973), the account of a Long Island father who killed his drug-addicted son—established Thompson’s reputation as an originator, along with Truman Capote, of the “nonfiction novel.” In 1976, Thompson published Blood and Money, an investigation into the deaths of Texas socialite Joan Robinson Hill and her husband, John Hill. It sold four million copies in fourteen languages and won the Edgar Award and the Texas Institute of Letters prize for best nonfiction book. To research Serpentine (1979), an account of convicted international serial killer Charles Sobhraj, Thompson flew around the world three times and spent two years in Asia. His other books include Lost! (1975), a true story of shipwreck and survival, and the novel Celebrity (1982), a six-month national bestseller. Among numerous other honors, Thompson received the National Headliner Award for investigative reporting and the Sigma Delta Chi medallion for distinguished magazine writing.  

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    • 5/5
      Wow! Great book, what a tale. Very highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      This exhaustive (and exhausting) story of the death of Houston socialite, champion horsewoman, and heiress Joan Robinson Hill, and her husband's subsequent trail for murder and its aftermath (and the aftermath of the aftermath, and so on) is fascinating, but leaves one with a pretty dull empty feeling, like you have been wallowing in mud for several weeks. Thompson provides the life story of pretty much every character; these are well done, but boy does it go on and on. Your sympathies will shift as you read this, and you'll be a bit astounded by the police's lenient treatment of the man who pulled the trigger, but the courtroom scenes are highly memorable as is the character of Joan's loving father, Ash Robinson (incidentally played in the TV movie version by Andy Griffith!) This does serve well as a pretty good history of at least some aspects of Houston. But I'm not sure I'd want to read anything like it again.
    • 4/5
      Such a well-written true crime novel (although a bit on the long side). Thompson really looked at what made all of the players in the drama tick. He actually makes one of the bad guys very, very sympathetic. Many flawed human beings, many warped priorities and motivations, and subsequently, the concept of justice becomes blurred on many different levels. Aside from the story itself, the author's look a the wild and wooly days of Houston's emergence as a city of oil and new money is alone worth the price of admission.
    • 4/5
      On Sunday, November 25, 2007 I wrote:
      9 out of 10

      Well I finally read this classic True crime book and I do understand why this was such a hit.
      The writing is so good. The author really lures you into the story.

      Finished this on November 12 2007. 4.5
    • 5/5
      Thompson delivers a true crime story that unfolded in Texas in the late 1960s early 1970s. His compelling writing makes the work read like a novel; all the while, the knowledge that these are real events add to the fascination. One of the few books I could hardly put down. I completed it in two sessions