Long a fan of Laura James' true crime blog CLEWS, I've been waiting for this news for a while. Now, here it is:
Attorney, true crime historian, and founder of CLEWS: The True Crime Blog Laura James's THE LOVE PIRATE, the untold story of Dr. Zoe Wilkins, a wealthy American playgirl and osteopath who shot one of her husbands, experimented with a slow poison on another, drove a lover to suicide, ruined two banks, swindled investors and friends, blackmailed her abortion clients, and dealt in illegal drug and drink during Prohibition, all culminating in her brutal unsolved murder in Kansas City in 1924, and the evidence suggesting her lawyer, Jesse James Jr., son of the famous bank bandit, was the one who slit her throat for a fortune in diamonds, to Philip Turner at Union Square Press, by Rick Broadhead at Rick Broadhead & Associates (NA)
Sure sounds like a doozy and a good read to me.
When I saw the synopsis on Publishers Marketplace I thought wow.
Reading it again here I was struck by the descriptor "playgirl and osteopath." Sure she poisoned people but she relieved back pain too.
Posted by: David Thayer | October 25, 2007 at 06:59 PM
Oh, it's gonna be good. I can vouch for that :)
(Might have had a sneak peek at a portion. Maybe.)
Posted by: Dark Side Steve | October 26, 2007 at 12:36 PM
Funny you should mention this book . . . I was just catching up on my deals emails and saw this and was thrilled. I love Laura's blog and it's one of my biggest Internet time wasters :)
Posted by: Allison Brennan | October 27, 2007 at 12:43 AM
Congrats, Laura! We'll be among the first to order the book!
Posted by: Gregg Olsen | October 27, 2007 at 02:32 PM
Laura,
With your wit, wisdom, and attention to detail, it should be one heck of a book. I look forward to it with great anticipation!
Posted by: Kevin M. Sullivan | November 01, 2007 at 09:10 PM