Bitter Blood
A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Published on 31. July 2019
576 pages
978-1-62681-286-4 (ISBN)
Description
The "riveting" #1
New York Times bestseller: A true story of three wealthy families and the unbreakable ties of blood (
Kirkus Reviews).
The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family.
The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful, aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?
In this tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives, building to a truly horrifying climax that will leave you stunned.
"Recreates... one of the most shocking crimes of recent years." - Publishers Weekly
"Absorbing suspense." - Chicago Tribune
"Astonishing... Brilliantly chronicled." - Detroit Free Press
"An engrossing southern gothic sure to delight fans of the true-crime genre. Bledsoe maintains the suspense with a sure hand." - The Charlotte Observer
The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family.
The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful, aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?
In this tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives, building to a truly horrifying climax that will leave you stunned.
"Recreates... one of the most shocking crimes of recent years." - Publishers Weekly
"Absorbing suspense." - Chicago Tribune
"Astonishing... Brilliantly chronicled." - Detroit Free Press
"An engrossing southern gothic sure to delight fans of the true-crime genre. Bledsoe maintains the suspense with a sure hand." - The Charlotte Observer
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Jerry Bledsoe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Bitter Blood and others. Among the many publications in which his work has appeared are Esquire and the New York Times. Bledsoe lives in North Carolina and Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- Bitter Blood
- Copyright
- Part One: The House on Covered Bridge Road
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- Part Two: Murder in the Family
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- Part Three: Family Unions
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- Part Four: Spiraling Madness
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- Part Five: The Unraveling
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- Part Six: The Aftermath
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- Epilogue
- Afterword
- Gallery
- Acknowledgments
- More from Jerry Bledsoe
- Connect with Diversion Books
