Kill For Me
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A newlywed couple has a murderous celebration the day after their wedding in this classic true-crime thriller by the New York Times–bestselling journalist.
On a hot Florida night in 2003, aspiring model Sandee Rozzo drove into her garage after a long shift at a local bar. Waiting in the shadows was a killer who fired eight bullets point-blank into her chest. The police immediately suspected Timothy Alvin “Tracey” Humphrey, the ex she had recently agreed to testify against for imprisoning and raping her.
But Humphrey had recently manipulated nineteen-year-old Ashley Laney into falling in love with him. On their wedding night, he made a strange request—one that would end in a tragic and brutal murder. The police knew Humphrey was the likely suspect, but he had an alibi for the time of the shooting. How could they prove that he was the psychopath behind Sandee’s murder even if he didn’t pull the trigger? It would all come down to a bold prison escape, a manhunt for a killer, and an explosive trial . . .
INCLUDES SIXTEEN PAGES OF SHOCKING PHOTOS
“Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers.”—Allison Brennan
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
True crime maven Phelps (I'll Be Watching You) makes the 2003 murder of 37-year-old bartender Sandee Rozzo the focus of his latest nonfiction thriller. Though Phelps infuses his investigative journalism with plenty of energized descriptions, his writing nonetheless suffers from a lack of suspense: readers know from the beginning who's behind the cold-blooded crime. Rozzo was shot eight times outside her Florida townhouse, and all clues pointed to her friend Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey, a personal trainer full of "roid rage" who had a history of violence against women. Humphrey manipulated his young wife into carrying out his vendetta against Rozzo, who was preparing to testify that he kidnapped and raped her. True crime fans will appreciate Phelps's insight into detective work even the tedium of checking phone records and examining autopsy reports is interesting and the enormous effort that goes into building a case that will hold up before a jury.
