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Every Breath You Take

A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

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Every Breath You Take

By: Ann Rule
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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America’s number one true-crime writer fulfills a murder victim’s desperate plea with this shattering New York Times best seller.

“If anything ever happens to me...find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story.”

In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim's request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush - a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she now chronicles with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor.

Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multimillionaire Allen Blackthorne, a handsome charmer - and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was slain in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila's every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.

©2002 Ann Rule. Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by The Free Press. All rights reserved. (P)2020 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Thorough Research • Compelling Storytelling • Skilled Narrator • Vivid Descriptions • Emotional Delivery • Engaging Pace
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Ann Rule guides the reader through a complex disturbing story of jealousy, hate and eventual murder. The narrator reads the story in such a way that it is hard stop listening.
However, the story reveals so many of the flaws in our law enforcement and judicial system. For some reason money seems to protect the guilty.

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Told so well. I felt like I was watching every detail of the story. Brilliantly written! Sad to think such a thing actually happened. But glad that it opened my eyes as to how some people can be and what to look out for as far as characteristics are concerned.

An excellent read!

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A must read for all true crime fans ! Great long story listening for car travel

Riveting

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My favorite narrator, CassandraCampbell, alwaysdoes a great job. Slow start with this one but glad I stuck with it.

Ann Rule Never Disappoints

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Overall a good book and worth the listen! Thought they didn’t quite pronounce the town of Boerne right, it is more like BURN nee! Lived in Texas for years and thought they could have researched that better.

I love Ann Rule books

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Awesome read very moving wonderfully written. Excellent facts spellbinding. Very sad though and domestic violence is so prevalent sadly.

Excellent

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Wasn't sure I'd be able to get into this type of book but I was sure wrong! It had me from beginning til the end.

Great book

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Ann Rule knocked it out of the ball park with this tragic story. I can think of no flaws. Note: I listened at 1.2 speed. I enjoy courtroom minutiae. The story has twists and turns and is heartbreaking.

Great!

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Being from Texas the mispronunciation of the City of Boerne among other Texas and Spanish words.

Overall great book

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I loved the narration/ no put in voices for characters/ just plain, well articulated reading

Well done

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