No Safe Place (Pinnacle True Crime) [Paperback]

Bill G. Cox (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pinnacle True Crime | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Everyone who knew them thought stunning Farah Fratta and her husband. Robert, a fire-fighter and public safety officer, had it all - a solid, nine-year marriage, three beautiful children, and a comfortable house in a middle class Houston suburb. But behind closed doors, Robert's deviant sexual appetites trapped Farah in a world of sick perversity...until she filed for divorce in 1992. During a bitter custody suit, Farah bravely recounted - in graphic detail - her husband's bizarre sexual demands, which the presiding judge called the most depraved behaviour he'd ever heard. Then Fratta's behaviour turned violent. Hoping to intimidate his wife into dropping the proceedings against him, he hired an ex-con to brutally rape and torture her with a stun gun. Two years after the case began, the court was about to rule in Farah's favour...and seal her fate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 319 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786010371
• ISBN-13: 978-0786010370
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Characters lack personality..., September 9, 2000

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Crystal J. Morton (El Paso, TX (United States)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Safe Place (Pinnacle True Crime) (Paperback)

I don't feel this book was the best true crime I've ever read, but it certainly doesn't qualify as the worst, either. It doesn't deserve the single star that other reviewers have given it. While I agree that it's lacking in depth and detail, it is not boring or dry. I would have liked, however, to have read about both the killer's and the victim's backgrounds. I never really felt that I got to know any of the characters.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Crime but Lacking in Background, August 6, 2006

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Kim Cantrell "Soap Box Bandit" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Safe Place (Pinnacle True Crime) (Paperback)

If you are a true crime reader who enjoys the twisted and sordid details of the crime and the crime only, this will be a perfect read for you. I, on the other hand, am most enticed by the "what makes people tick" syndrome; therefore, being that scarce information on Farah Fratta's background was provided and nothing at all was provided about Bob Fratta's background, I was disappointed.

That aside, Bob Fratta is one of the most deranged individuals I have ever read about; and I've read about many. This book essentially follows the murder that was the result of a child custody battle between the Frattas after Farah revealed the sexual perversions of Bob in a deposition and he learned she would most likely receive custody and he would have to pay child support.

It's an interesting read because readers see one more narcissistic, inflated ego ex-cop sentenced to death for what he thought was "the perfect crime."

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Sad!, March 11, 2001

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Megan Twain "MT" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Safe Place (Pinnacle True Crime) (Paperback)

Unlike the other review I do feel the Author did a good job he told enough about the backgrounds and stuck with the story...I am an avid true crime book reader and many books i have read although they have been good they tend to drag on ...This story didn't the author got right down to the story giving the reader some background on each person...This story is really sad because what it tells you is that you never know a person...This women Farah thought she met the man of her dreams and winded up with this sick pathetic sadistic unfeeling lunatic...What Bob did to Farah was unspeakable and he deserves the worst possible sentence of life...This is a must read book !