True Crime Stories of the South Carolina Midlands - Pickens, Cathy
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A thrilling account of dramatic and menacing crimes that shaped the central region of the state. Crimes that captured the attention of residents in the area and statewide over the years, from gamblers with too much debt to insurance fraud and a famous cat burglar. A well-known televangelist had a run-in with arson, and a murderer made his presence felt all the way in California. This collection of headlining stories features notorious serial killers, families divided, vicious politics and marital strife. Author Cathy Pickens brings her eye for a great story to Columbia and recounts with a novelist's detail the infamous crimes that rocked a region.--…mehr

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A thrilling account of dramatic and menacing crimes that shaped the central region of the state. Crimes that captured the attention of residents in the area and statewide over the years, from gamblers with too much debt to insurance fraud and a famous cat burglar. A well-known televangelist had a run-in with arson, and a murderer made his presence felt all the way in California. This collection of headlining stories features notorious serial killers, families divided, vicious politics and marital strife. Author Cathy Pickens brings her eye for a great story to Columbia and recounts with a novelist's detail the infamous crimes that rocked a region.--
Autorenporträt
Cathy Pickens, a lawyer and college professor, is a crime fiction writer ( Southern Fried Mysteries, St. Martin's/Minotaur) and true crime columnist for Mystery Readers Journal . She taught law in the McColl School of Business and served as provost at Queens, as national president of Sisters in Crime and on the boards of Mystery Writers of America and the Mecklenburg Forensic Medicine Program (an evidence collection/preservation training collaborative). She is also the author of Charleston Mysteries: Ghostly Haunts in the Holy City (The History Press, 2007).