Where Did 20 Hours Go So Fast? Ann Rule's 'Everything She Ever Wanted'

Eowyn

June 15

Everything She Ever Wanted: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Murder, and Betrayal

By Ann Rule (Simon & Schuster - First Edition 1992)

Genre: Non-Fiction – True Crime

Via: Library

Pages: 528 (print); 16 discs (audio)

It's all about the moola in this intense and gripping thriller by the Grande Dame of True Crime, Ann Rule.

The Basics

Scarlett O'Hara Wannabe Pat Taylor Allanson is whatcha might call a "Georgia peach." Strikingly beautiful with enough Southern charm to knock a mint julep off its feet a mile away, Pat dreams of a Tara-like plantation where she and new hubby Tom can raise horses, grow roses, and float around the highest echelons of Atlanta society. Pat even costumes herself and Tom as Scarlett and Rhett Butler for their wedding photos. Less than two months later, their dream explodes in terror and murder: their beautiful home is mysteriously burned to the ground and Tom's convicted of the brutal slaying of his mother and father.

And that's not all.