Evidence of Love [Mass Market Paperback]

John Bloom (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam (May 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553277340
• ISBN-13: 978-0553277340
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction, June 1, 2004

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TawnTawn (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evidence of Love (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this book many years ago, after reading an excerpt in Cosmopolitan magazine. I remember when this happened, because I live in Texas and it was in the newspaper. I have re-read the book many times, hoping to finally understand things from Candy's point of view, such as it is....This book is well-written and spell-binding. I don't feel that the authors were "sympathetic" to Candy; they seemed quite objective to me. There was no need to be sympathetic anyway, she did what she did, and she was very lucky she got the jury that she did.

I do wish very much that this book had photographs. And I wish that I knew what happened to everyone in the book years later. I read somewhere a long time ago that Pat and Candy had moved to Georgia and had separated. And that the Gore children (grown now)still resent Candy, needless to say. I just wonder how Candy thinks about the killing in her own mind, every day....It probably doesn't bother her much since she simply went about her business afterward and had no plans to reveal what happened. "I did not hold off because of the prints." Amazing.

Update - Candy lives in Atlanta, Georgia and goes by Candace Wheeler. She is a MS, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) specializing in marriage counseling. She probably thinks she's an expert since she was bored in her marriage and had an affair - I bet she doesn't tell her clients, "By the way, I killed the wife of the man I was having my affair with - with an axe. And I left her little baby in her house alone screaming her lungs out, sitting in a dirty diaper for 12 hours or so. I just went on about my business as if I hadn't done anything, didn't know anything about it...don't you trust my advice now?" Candace Wheeler has got some nerve, but then, she always did.

Bethany and Alisa's maternal grandparents got custody of them after Allen and Elaine began abusing them. Allen and Elaine later divorced. Allen sent one of the girls a card once (signing it with only his first name), but he never called or visited them, probably scared of their grandfather who threatened him after Elaine started pulling out Bethany's hair. Alisa is married with a little boy and Bethany is in college. They both feel that Candy did not tell the whole story. Don Crowder committed suicide in his den, narrowly missing his third wife with a test shot through the door. She said he didn't feel needed any more by his kids.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful True Life Crime, June 13, 2000

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Carla Lam (Wylie, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evidence of Love (Mass Market Paperback)

This is one of the best true life crimes I have ever read. You feel as if you know these 2 women. I could not put the book down. It will give you goose bumps will reading. I was just living 5 miles away from where the murder took place and know many of the people who are mentioned in the book. The murder is still the talk of Wylie, Texas. Let me tell you nothing has been left out. Read it if you can find a copy you won't be sorry!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crime Scene photos, August 1, 2005

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G. Nisonger (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evidence of Love (Mass Market Paperback)

I was in a criminal law class in Texas and saw the crime scene photos. The instructor was the ex-da for Collin County and his good buddy was Effibaugh, the original crime scene investigator. Very gruesome to say the least. I know there are photos out there, however, I don't understand why they didn't put any in the book.
I recommend this book for any true crime buff. I've read it several times.