Works by Gary C. King
The Texas 7
Published by: St. Martin’s Press
ISBN: 0312981570
Setting: Texas and Colorado
Brief plot description: This book chronicles the true story of
murder and a daring prison breakout that stunned the nation.
“You haven’t heard the last of us yet…” These were the chilling
words left on a note left behind by seven armed and dangerous
inmates who escaped from the John Connally prison in South Texas
on December 13, 2000. They fulfilled their promise by murdering
a cop during a robbery that had gone awry, and for the next six
weeks they led some of the country’s top law enforcement
professionals on a manhunt across several states.
An Early Grave
Published by: St. Martin’s Press
ISBN: 0312979266
Setting: Las Vegas, Nevada
Brief plot description: On September 17, 1998, police found Las Vegas gambling magnate Ted Binion lying dead on the floor of his palatial home, an empty bottle of Xanax beside him. The police had been called by Binion's live-in lover, Sandra Murphy, 23, a California girl who had been working in a Vegas strip club when Binion had first met her. At first it seemed it was a fatal drug overdose that killed the handsome multi-millionaire. But was it?
Blind Rage
Published by: Mystery Writers of America Presents/iUniverse
ISBN: 0595210767
(order through www.amazon.com,
www.bn.com,
www.iuniverse.com)
Setting: Pacific Northwest
Brief plot description: Darren Dee O’Neall was often described as a deadly hunk. For women with a yen for macho men, he seemed the kind of guy romantic dreams were made of—strong, handsome, smooth talking, with an array of tattoos adding to his masculine aura, he came on as a rugged outdoorsman looking for a mate. But in reality, O’Neall was a nightmare of savage, sexually violent crimes that put him on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.
Butcher
Published by: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 978-0-7860-1934-2
Setting: In and around Vancouver, British Columbia
Brief plot description: They called him "Uncle Willie." At night, Robert "Willie" Pickton visited the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The women he picked up never came back...
An Almost
Perfect Murder
Published by: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 978-0-7860-1933-5
Setting: Reno, Carson City, and Las Vegas, Nevada
Brief plot description: Story is about the murder of Nevada State Controller Kathy Augustine by her husband, Chaz Higgs, a critical care nurse who was convicted of using the powerful paralytic drug, succinylcholine, to commit the dirty deed.
Loves Lies, and
Murder
Published by: Pinnacle Books
ISBN: 978-0-7860-1892-5
Setting: Nashville, Tennessee; Mexico
Brief plot description: Abandoned Husband...or Deceitful Killer? Detective Miller, a soft-spoken man, asked Perry March point-blank if he had killed his wife, Janet, and disposed of her body. Perry adamantly denied having harmed Janet in any way. He admitted that he and Janet had argued on the night of August 15, 1996, but he said that he had not attacked her. She simply took the things that she had packed and drove away in her Volvo.
Stolen in the
Night
Published by: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 978-0-312-94205-2
Setting: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; California; Washington; other locales
Brief plot description: The True Story of a Family's Murder, a Kidnapping, and the Child Who Survived, is a book about the Shasta and Dylan Groene/Joseph Edward Duncan III case that occurred in Idaho during the spring and summer of 2005. It is a shocking story of multiple murder, sexual abuse and kidnapping.
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Last updated:
March 23, 2009
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