Blood in the Sand

The true crime story of a woman who seduced and murdered a Las Vegas bookie for his money, from the author of Night Stalker and Thrill Killers.

Sexy siren Amy DeChant had a lifelong habit of finding men—rich men—who would take care of her. And when the money ran out, so did Amy. When she met wealthy bookie Bruce Weinstein at a poker room in Las Vegas, she had found the perfect prey . . . 300-pound Bruce Weinstein was the most successful sports bookie in Las Vegas. When he met the red-haired, blue-eyed Amy DeChant, he was smitten. Amy immediately moved in with Bruce, and he showered her with expensive gifts. But cars, furs and jewelry didn't hold a candle to the horde of cash Bruce had stashed in a hole in the wall of his home—or the glittering fortune he kept in a safety deposit box . . .

Hoping to get her hands on Bruce's fortune, Amy murdered him and dumped his body in the Nevada desert—then she poured industrial-strength cleaning fluid on his corpse to further decomposition. When police found the body and identified it as Weinstein's, the search for Amy was on. Finally, with the help of America's Most Wanted, the lethal lady was captured and found guilty of first-degree murder. Blood in the Sand is a fascinating case of greed, deception, and cold-blooded murder in the most outrageous city in the world.