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  • Poisoned Love

  • By: Caitlin Rother
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (67 ratings)

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Poisoned Love

By: Caitlin Rother
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Publisher's summary

Accident, suicide, or murder?

On November 6, 2000, paramedics answered a call to find Kristin Rossum sobbing. Her husband, Greg de Villers, wasn't breathing, and she claimed he had overdosed on drugs after learning that she was leaving him. But family and friends weren't buying Kristin's story - particularly the idea that Greg would take his own life.

American Beauty

The daughter of a well-to-do California family, Rossum was a brainy blonde beauty whose talent for toxicology had won her a post at the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. But her sweet smile masked a dark side.

Toxic Passion

At the time of her husband's death, Rossum was engaged in an illicit affair with her married boss. Investigators found that the Medical Examiner's Office was missing supplies of meth and fentanyl, the narcotic that had killed her husband. With each clue discovered, another piece of Rossum's "good girl" facade fell away. What the world would eventually see was the true face of a murderer - and the hand of justice.

©2005 Caitlin Rother (P)2016 Tantor
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Critic reviews

"A true-crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat...a brilliant job of captivating the inner workings of a female killer." (Aphrodite Jones, New York Times best-selling author)

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Thoroughly detailed

Very sad but most are when the story revolves around true crime murder stories. The author covers every detail very carefully.

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Narration seemed businesslike

This is a comprehensive review of the death and trial. I’m not sure why it seemed like a report. Maybe it was just the way it was meant to be. I do recommend this one.

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Could of been a good story.

What did you like best about Poisoned Love? What did you like least?

I don't have a favorite part. It's a true crime story. I have 2 hours left, and not sure I'll finish it.

Would you be willing to try another book from Caitlin Rother? Why or why not?

Yes, I would.

What aspect of Tanya Eby’s performance would you have changed?

I thought at first she was OK but, I can't finish it and it's mostly because of the narrator. She just got to me about halfway thru the story. Can't quite put my finger on what it is that I don't like about the narration. I listen to 2-3 audio books a week, and usually can pinpoint what it is that I don't like about a reading.

Could you see Poisoned Love being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Maybe.

Any additional comments?

It's a story that could of been better.

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It was good

It was a good story and yes, a lot of things were repeated but that is the case when you have a story like this. It has to be repeated.

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Evil

Cold calculating she where she should be in prison forever. She thought she could outsmart police and the attorneys.

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Not a bad story but to much repetition

The author does a lot of repeating things she has already said. It was a good story, again not sure how she thought she would get away with it. Still not sure if the boyfriend had anything to do with it, I do not think Greg was that controlling, yes maybe more so when he found out about him and the drugs but I think she did what she wanted to. I do believe she killed him, not sure why, maybe she didn't want him and didn't want anyone else to have him. For sure she didn't want anyone to know she was doing drugs. As for the boyfriend I don't feel sorry for him or her at all. Maybe if he kept things in his pants he would have a good life doing a job he wanted to do, making good money.

Beside so much repeating things that we were already told I thought this was a good story, the author did her research and gave the facts. It was a little boring at times with all the repeating but all in all a good listen.

The narrator did a great job showing emotion of each character, her normal voice is a good as her character voices. There are no background noise, no volume changes, no repeating of words, I always knew who was talking and what they were feeling. She really brought the story to life.

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listened @.8 speed and it wasn't so bad

narrator was speed reading this so fast I slowed the play back and then I could follow it. I like true crime novels but this felt like a school report more than a book

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