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Careless Whispers: The Award-Winning True Account of the Horrific Lake Waco Murders
Contributor(s): Stowers, Carlton (Author)
ISBN: 1250010578     ISBN-13: 9781250010575
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
OUR PRICE:   $26.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2001
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BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | Murder - Mass Murder
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
- True Crime | Espionage
Dewey: 364.152
Series: St. Martin's True Crime Classics
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5" W x 8" (1.12 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 1980's
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - South
 
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When the bodies of three teenagers were found on the shores of Lake Waco, Texas in July, 1982, even seasoned lawmen were taken aback by the savage mutilation and degradation they had been subjected to. Yet only 52 days after the gruesome triple-murder was discovered, frustrated authorities suspended the case indefinitely.

Patrol Sergeant Truman Simons, who had been called to the scene that night, saw the carnage first-hand -- and vowed to find the ferocious killer or killers. He soon became a man with a mission, risking his career and his family's safety in search of evidence. Plunging himself into a netherworld of violence and evil, Simons finally got close enough to a murderous ringleader to hear his careless whispers--and ultimately, put him and his three accomplices behind bars for the brutal slayings.

Now, in his Edgar Award-winning account of the Lake Waco killings, acclaimed true crime writer Carlton Stowers lays bare the facts behind the tragic crimes, the twisted predators, and the heroic man who broke the investigation--with important updated information based on new developments in the case.


Contributor Bio(s): Stowers, Carlton: - Carlton Stowers is the author of more than two dozen works of nonfiction, including the Edgar Award-winning Careless Whispers, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Innocence Lost, and Open Secrets. He and his wife live in Cedar Hill, Texas.