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Cruel Doubt

by Joe McGinniss · 1991

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From the #1 bestselling author of Fatal Vision and Blind Faith comes a rivetingr on a harrowing journey into the bizarre housewife and mother whose millionaire husband is savagely murdered in bed beside her, leaving her near death.

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true crimetrue crimeMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
North CarolinaNorth CarolinaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 460 pages

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