Written in Blood

Written in Blood
by Diane Fanning

Written in Blood
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Author: Diane Fanning
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-01
ISBN: 0312994036
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Book Reviews of Written in Blood

Book Review: The definitive work on the Michael Peterson murders.
Summary: 5 Stars

I watched nearly every minute of this trial on Court TV. I read almost every news article on this trial contemporaneously. I watched live online broadcasts of the trial and local commentary provided there. And when I read this book "Written In Blood", I felt like I was following this case for the first time. I learned so many new details about this homicide and the various "players" involved. I was riveted to the entire book.

At times I had to put it down to digest very emotional passages and the masterful ways they were delivered. I got chills over and over again reading the various connections this author made that even I had not considered in this case.

Michael Peterson's display of sociopathy speaks for itself. Ms. Fanning merely places it on a canvas which makes it come to life in an unmistakable way. Sociopaths are masterful at hiding in compartmentalized hidden places, manipulating situation upon person upon circumstance to confound those around them to their pathology.

Fanning paints an unmistakable portrait based on the FACTS and interviews with those who were up close and personal to this monster and his crimes.

On the heels of the propoganda docudrama film on Sundance, The Staircase, this book was a breath of fresh air. And a fair and accurate representation of the truth and devastation left in a sociopath's wake.

I am starting to read Fanning's other book Through The Window now and look forward to any future books she may produce.

Summary of Written in Blood

An army brat-turned-marine, he saw combat in Vietnam, and returned a decorated soldier. An avid reader, his dreams of being an acclaimed novelist came true. His desire to find love was fulfilled when he married brilliant executive Kathleen Atwater, the first female student accepted at Duke University's School of Engineering. The Petersons seemed the ideal academic couple- well-respected, prosperous, and happy.

All that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina. But blood spattered evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Her trusted husband stood accused. Prosecutors introduced evidence at trial that sixteen years earlier, Peterson was one of the last people to see his neighbor alive before she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her home in Germany.
A dramatic trial followed in the explosive final chapter of a life that no novelist could ever have conceived...
 
Written in Blood is a 2006 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Fact Crime.

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