Bad Girls
Written by M. William Phelps
Narrated by J. Charles
4/5
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About this audiobook
“Phelps’s writing reads like a mystery novel.” —Suspense Magazine
The crime stunned quiet Mineral Wells, Texas: 49-year-old Bob Dow shot execution-style in his own bed, his invalid mother locked in the next room—and a cache of homemade porn starring the town’s underage girls. The two accused killers—teen lovers Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones—were on the run, intent on going out in a cross-country blaze of glory. M. William Phelps exposes a gripping tale of sexploitation, lust, and betrayal, while questioning the court’s fateful verdict in a tantalizing forensic puzzle. Were both girls equally guilty of murder? Or was one merely a pawn in the other’s dainty, blood-stained hands?
“One of America’s finest true-crime writers.” —Vincent Bugliosi
M. William Phelps
Crime writer and investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the author of twenty-four nonfiction books and the novel The Dead Soul. He consulted on the first season of the Showtime series Dexter, has been profiled in Writer’s Digest, Connecticut Magazine, NY Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, Suspense Magazine, and the Hartford Courant, and has written for Connecticut Magazine. Winner of the New England Book Festival Award for I’ll Be Watching You and the Editor’s Choice Award from True Crime Book Reviews for Death Trap, Phelps has appeared on nearly 100 television shows, including CBS’s Early Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, The View, TLC, BIO Channel, and History Channel. Phelps created, produces and stars in the hit Investigation Discovery series Dark Minds, now in its third season; and is one of the stars of ID’s Deadly Women. Radio America called him “the nation’s leading authority on the mind of the female murderer.” Touched by tragedy himself, due to the unsolved murder of his pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website, www.mwilliamphelps.com.
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Reviews for Bad Girls
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really wanted to like this Audiobook much more than I did. I'll listen to another 'True Crime' audio by this Author, just because. I'm a huge fan of this genre and I'm hoping that a different audio will prove more entertaining, for lack of a better term, but I'm giving this one 4☆'s for effort. The cast and back'n forth made for a long and rather confusing piece.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have enjoyed the books that I have read by M. William Phelps, and this one is no different. I was enthralled by the story of the murder of Bob Dow. The lives of the two convicted young women, Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones, was interesting, to say the least, if not a bit confusing. Phelps gave a good case of the overcharging of Bobbi Jo Smith. Unfortunately, the jury tended to believe the lies of the co-defendant, Jennifer Jones, who would not know the truth if it hit her in the face. The book was well-written and well researched. I thought it was very good.