Author: Joe McGinniss
Narrator: Stacy Keach
Abridged: 4 hr 10 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 08/26/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, Murder, Historical
Joe McGinniss (1942–2014) was an American journalist, nonfiction writer, and novelist. He first came to prominence with the bestselling The Selling of the President, which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. It spent more than six months on bestseller lists. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books—Fatal Vision, Blind Faith, and Cruel Doubt—which were adapted into several TV miniseries and movies. Over the course of forty years, McGinniss published twelve books.
Stacy Keach a star of stage, film, and television, won a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Nomination for his acclaimed portrayal of Hemingway in the definitive television epic. His films include American History X, Escape from LA, Keep Your Distance, and Birds of Passage. Other television features include Prison Break, and Titus. Mr. Keach read all three volumes of The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway for Simon & Schuster Audio.
One of the best true crime books I have read in a very long time. Fascinating pre-trial legal maneuvering in a very complex case, as the attorneys for three defendants sought the truth of the matter and tried to ethically and professionally represent each of their clients while protecting the emotio......more
This book is obviously well-written, but I did not like it. There were too many unanswered questions. I particularly disliked the fact that the jury sentenced one boy to death based on hear-say, incosistent evidence of his supposed two co-conspirators who both had the obvious motive of saving their......more
This is one of those true crime books that haunts you because, I, at least, had more questions at the end of the book than at the beginning. Joe McGinnis is the author of Fatal Vision, about the Jeffrey McDonald case, and there are some similarities with this one. Both take place in the same part of......more
As a North Carolinian, the authors disrespect for the entire state with the exception of UNC was difficult to get past. He spends a lot of time rehashing biases typically ascribed to outsiders and the "UNC" elite of the state. He clearly has no affection for the small towns he describes and practica......more
Bonnie Von Stein 's life was perfect - married to her heart's true love; two nearly grown children; and forever stretching out in front of her. But her perfect bliss was shattered the night an intruder broke into her home, killing her husband and almost killing her. In "Cruel Doubt," Joe McGinniss wr......more