AN AMERICAN HERO. By the age of twenty-four, Air Force Staff Sergeant Mike Severance had already survived a series of missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. But his life back at home, in Texas, would prove a lot more dangerous… A WOMAN WITH A DEADLY PLAN. In the winter of 2005, Mike’s wife, a veterinarian named Wendi Mae Davidson, reported him missing. Wendi told police that Mike had been acting erratically—visiting local clubs, staying out late, sometimes not coming home at all. She filed for divorce the very next day.
A CASE THAT SHOCKED THE NATION. Eventually Mike’s body turned up in a stock pond on a private ranch. Investigators described a corpse that was weighted down with two cinder blocks, a rock, a boat anchor, and other equipment. It had also been stabbed forty-one times with a knife. But an autopsy report told a different story: That the cause of death was exposure to pentobarbital and phenobarbital, drugs commonly used in veterinary medicine. All the evidence pointed to Wendi…and soon she would be found guilty of murder in the first degree.
Coming November 3
Coming November 3, 2009
The first full-length, in depth account of the Caylee Anthony case
When news broke of nearly three-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2007, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was a huge question mark hanging over the case: the girl's mother.
Why did Casey Anthony wait one full month before reporting her daughter missing?
Why were searches for choloform and missing children found on her computer?
Why did she go out partying with friends less than one week after Caylee disappeared?
As the investigaton continued and suspicions mounted, Casey became the prime suspect. In October, based on new evidence against Casey--her erratic behavior and lies, her caar that showed signs of human decomposition--a grand jury indicted the young single mother. Then, two months later, police found Caylee's remains a quarter of a mile away from the Anthony home. Casey pled not guilty to charges of murder in the first degree, and she continues to protest her innocence. Did she or didn't she kill Caylee? This is the story of one of the most shocking, confusing and horrific crimes in modern American history.
Women in Crime Ink
Welcome to my website.
The Reading Room where you can get a quick link to an excerpt from each of my true crime books and mystery novels was such a big hit, I've added a Books to Buy page that takes you to links with the buying options for each book.
You'll also find a separate page for every one of my books in print. Browse through my eight true crime books and my three novels.
If you have any questions or comments, you'll find a link to my email at the bottom of each page.
In addition to being a writer, I am a reader, too. Every year, I post my favorite reads and also have a separate page of books for writers. I've just updated by 2009 Favorite Reads page.
