there Was Only One Way To Please Her Father: Murder His Wife....
david Brown Was The Consummate Entrepreneur: A Computer Wizard And Millionaire By Age Thirty-two. When His Beautiful Young Wife Was Shot To Death As She Slept, Brown's Fourteen-year-old Daughter, Cinnamon, Confessed To Killing Her Stepmother. The California Courts Sentenced Her Harshly: Twenty-four Years To Life. But In The Wake Of Cinnamon's Murder Conviction, Thanks In Part To Two Determined Lawmen, The Twisted Private World Of David Brown Himself Unfolded With Astonishing Clarity Revealing A Trail Of Perverse Love, Twisted Secrets, And Evil Mind Games. A Complex And Often Dangerous Investigation Suggested A Horrifying Scenario: Was The Seemingly Bland David Brown Really A Stone-cold Killer Who Convinced His Own Daughter To Prove Her Love By Killing For Him? A Man Who Turned Young Women Into His Own Personal Slaves, Who Collected Nearly $1 Million In Insurance Money, And Married His Dead Wife's Teenage Sister, David Brown Was A Sociopath Who Would Stop At Nothing...a Deadly Charmer Who Almost Got Away With Everything.
rule, Who Scored A Great Success With Small Sacrifices , Has Triumphed Again With This Story Of A Millionaire Computer Expert Seen As Archetypal Sociopath. In 1985 Southern Californian David Brown Arranged, With The Connivance Of His 17-year-old Sister-in-law, Patti, To Have His Daughter By His First Marriage, 14-year-old Cinnamon, Shoot And Kill His 23-year-old Wife, Linda. Apprehended, Cinnamon Pleaded Guilty And Was Sentenced To A 27-year Term, Keeping Silent About The Roles Of Her Father, Aged 32, And Patti In The Murder. Eventually, However, She Did Implicate The Pair, Now-married, And They Were Arrested. From His Jail Cell Brown Plotted The Murders Of Patti, The Investigator And Prosecutor On The Case, But The Convicts He Enlisted To Carry Out His Scheme Betrayed Him, Bringing Further Charges. He Was Sentenced To Life Imprisonment, While Patti Was Placed In The Custody Of The California Youth Authority. In This Vivid Account, A Monster To Whom Every Other Human Being Was A ``throwaway Person'' Is Masterfully Potrayed. Photos Not Seen By Pw. 150,000 First Printing; $125,000 Ad/promo; Author Tour. (may)
Categories:
- Biographies & Memoirs
- True Crime
- Murder & Mayhem
- True Crime
Publisher : Pocket Books
Author : Rule, Ann
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :1992-04-01
Number Of Pages : 608
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0671769200
ISBN-13 : 9780671769208
Item weight : 0.8 lb
Dimensions : 1.6 in x 4.2 in x 6.7 in
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