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Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Open Secrets A True Story of Love Jealousy and Murder - St. Martin's True Crime Library
Author: Carlton Stowers
On a fall afternoon in 1983, in an upscale Dallas suburb, Rozanne Gailiunas was found stripped, bound to her bed, and shot through the skull. Her four-year-old son has been napping peacefully in the next room when she was killed. Rozanne's husband, Dr. Peter Gailiunas--and her lover, Larry Aylor--immediately fell under suspicion. Until a surpris...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312982140
ISBN-10: 0312982143
Publication Date: 3/15/2002
Pages: 400
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4 stars, based on 49 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime Classics
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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reviewed Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 404 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
When a woman was murdered, the obvious first suspects were her estranged husband and her new boyfriend. What unfolded was far more complicated than that.
This is a very interesting case that took years to unfold.
Courtroom scenes are minimal; good epilogue telling the status of each participant.
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reviewed Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Absolutely the best true crime book ever written !!
reviewed Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 4 more book reviews
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This book is so well written that I would put the author in the same class as Ann Rule. I did not want to put it down. There are so many characters and twists and turns. The murderer was a very interesting character. Excellent book - I would give it the highest rating and would recommend it to anyone.
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This is a strange story and will make your head spin with all the details and people involved. What starts off as a brutal senseless murder progresses through the lives of many. The murderer is definitely unstable but is able to function well and without detection for a long time. The fact she was tracked down and the efforts put in by the detectives to solve this were amazing. It's hard to believe that someone would murder for such a stupid reason and more incredible that she would so easily find someone to follow thru with her plans. Truth is truly better than fiction...
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I loved this book! I am a big fan of true crime books and this was one of the best I have read in a long time.
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ilovebooksanddogs avatar reviewed Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 356 more book reviews
Carlton Stowers is an exceptional writer and this is an exceptionally good true crime book. What a mixed up mess of people were involved in this brutal murder, I was beginning to wonder how many more could possibly be involved. It was mind boggling. Still even with as many characters as this book had it was easy to keep track of them due to the authors style of writing. Great read, I highly recommend not just this book but this author.
LoveBeingMOM avatar reviewed Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 134 more book reviews
Carlton Stowers is a True Crime author that I would put next to Ann Rule. He draws you into the story. It is difficult to put the book down.

A small child is taking a nap, when in the next room his mother is killed. Who could have done such a thing? Her estranged husband? Her boyfriend? Could it be a robbery gone wrong? This story is full of twists and turns and will keep your attention through the last page.


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