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    Last Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases
    Last Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases
    Last Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases
    Audiobook14 hours

    Last Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases

    Written by Ann Rule

    Narrated by Laural Merlington

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    About this audiobook

    “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews), Ann Rule presents her 8th collection of crime stories drawn from her private files—and featuring the riveting case of a fraudulent doctor whose lifelong deceptions had deadly consequences.

    Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York State suggested a highly successful career. But appearances, as this shocking insider account of Pignataro’s tailspin from physician to prisoner proves, can be deceiving—and, for the doctor’s wife, very nearly deadly. No one was safe if they got in his way. With scalpel, drugs, and arsenic, he betrayed every oath a physician makes—until his own schemes backfired. Now, the motivations of the classic sociopath are plumbed with chilling accuracy by Ann Rule. Along with other shocking true cases, this worldwide headline-making case will have you listening in disbelief that a trusted medical professional could sink to the depths of greed, manipulation, and self-aggrandizement where even slow, deliberate murder is not seen for what it truly is: pure evil.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 23, 2013
    ISBN9781469284637
    Last Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases
    Author

    Ann Rule

    Ann Rule wrote thirty-five New York Times bestsellers, all of them still in print. Her first bestseller was The Stranger Beside Me, about her personal relationship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. A former Seattle police officer, she used her firsthand expertise in all her books. For more than three decades, she was a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. She lived near Seattle and died in 2015.

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    • 4/5
      This was a unique book by Ann Rule because the victim of the main story is still alive. As a result the story has a similar feel but a different outcome. I really enjoyed this read.

      I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys true crime books. If you have had a chance to enjoy Jack Olsen or M. William Phelps, then you will appreciate the writing of Ms. Rule.

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    • 5/5
      Until am fortunate to read a true crime book by other excellent authors, Ann Rule & Jack Olsen reign supreme for non-fiction crime. A person learns a great deal about the dangerous “symptoms“ that criminals display, which is very helpful - perhaps life-saving - to even the most aware and knowledgeable among us.
    • 2/5
      Dr. Anthony Pinataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York State suggested a highly successful career. But appearances , as this shocking insider account of Pignataro's tailspin from physician to prisoner proves, can be deceiving - and, for the doctor's wife, very nearly deadly. No one was safe if they got in his way. With scalpel, drugs and arsenic, he betrayed every oath a physician made until his own schemes back fired. Now, the motivations of the classic sociopath are plumbed with chilling accuracy by Ann Rule. Along with other shocking true cases, this worldwide headline-making case will have you turning pages in disbelief that a trusted medical professional could sink to the deliberate murder is not seen for what it truly is : pure evil