The Poison King

Gary C. King. An Almost Perfect Murder. Pinnacle, 2008
0786019336 Product Description Kathy Marie Augustine was not out to make friends. In politics, she rose to the top by playing hardball - and pushing her way through the old boy's network of the Nevada legislature, rising to the rank of State Controller. When she died, only a few people shed tears - including the man who killed her.Chaz Higgs was a former body-builder turned intensive care nurse who saw wealthy, sexy Kathy Augustine as his meal-ticker - until he couldn't stomach her domineering personality any longer. When Chaz decided he'd had enough, he chose a poison that would leave no evidence behind.The death of a nationally-known politician made headlines, but one slip of the tongue came to the attention of a determined Nevada detective. Now, true-crime master Gary C. King takes us into the extraordinary life and death of a famously ambitious woman politician, behind the scenes of the investigation that unearthed stocking secrets, and into the heart and mind of a man who nearly got away with the perfect crime..

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[SW: las vegas, gary c king, murder, nevada, poison, reno, 48 hours, true crime, useful,]

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Cognashene Cottagers' Association: Cognashene Cottager 1983 Volume 35, Georgian Bay, Ontario Cognashene Cottagers' Association 1983 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
Near Fine Illustrated

Pictorial card covers showing resident Albert King on the front remain in Near Fine condition as does the interior. Contents include: The Life of Albert King,; Bustards or Bust; How Long Will a Good Crib Last?; A Night on an Island; Five Generations; Idle Ways;Poison Ivy; A Cautionary Tale; Minnicog-Last Stop; The HOuseboat; Our Precambrian Shield; And You Think the Job is Easy; Sail Racing; Sailing Ambitions; Notice to Sailors; Georgian Bay; The massasauga Rattlesnake; The Seventh Year of King Edward's The Seventh Reign; The Ferry Boathouse; Poem etc. 108 pages. In Wraps Stapled - Card Covers 8 3/4" By 6" 108 Pages Cottage

[SW: Georgian Bay, The Cottager, Bustards, Poison Ivy, Massasauga Rattlesnake, Georgian Bay, Cribs-Water, Sail Racing, Sailing]

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Mossiker, Frances: The Affair of the Poisons; Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan, And One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries, London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1970 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed.
Good Illustrations

655 g.; XIV, 336 pages, then X pages of index, aknowledgements, list of illustrations, note on citations, bibliography: -- the trial documents, contemporary sources, general bibliography and bibliography of magic and the occult arts. The text is illustrated with 16 black and white contemporary illustrations, between page 274 and 275. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the lower text block edge and rubbing to both text block edges and to the book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper with blue background and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners, backstrip edges, fold over creases, dustwrapper panels and either side of the spine. Chipping to the backstrip edges and to the lower dustwrapper corners. Fading to the backstrip. An investigation into one of Frances' 'cause celebre' during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, The Affair of the Poisons. Not only is it a investigation into the actual poison affair but also an investigation into whether or not Louis's mistress, Madame de Montespan, was an active participant and why Louis wanted Madame de Montespan household exempted from investigation (or at least from prosecution). Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. First Edition Reasonable Hard Cover 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo History -- France; First Edition

[SW: History -- France -- the Sun King -- Louis the XIV, Poison -- Politics -- 17th Century17th Century History -- France]

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Grayson, Milt: Editor: The West - True Stories of the Old West: January 1970, Vol. 12, No. 2, Freeport, NY Maverick Publications Inc. 1970 ; weicher Einband / soft cover
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74 pages. Features: Big Ed McGowan's Many Feuds; Memoirs of a Sandhill Homesteader; The Daltons and Bill Doolin; Across the Big Red; Fred Lambert - New Mexico Lawman; Paiute Poison; Bill Keys Never Gave Up; Elegant was the Word for Great-Grandma; King of the Jerklines; Horror on a Sunny Afternoon. 7 inch crease to front cover. Stapled 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Magazine

[SW: The West - True Stories of the Old West: January 1970, Vol. 12, No. 2 74 pages. Features: Big Ed McGowan's Many Feuds; Memoirs of a Sandhill Homesteader; The Daltons and Bill Doolin; Across the Big Red; Fred Lambert - New Mexico Lawman; Paiute Poison; Bill Keys Never Gave Up; Elegant was the Word for Great-Grandma; King of the Jerklines; Horror on a Sunny Afternoon. 7 inch crease to front cover.]

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