Smoldering Embers [Hardcover]

Joy Wellman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 1997

Nothing could satisfy his lust for killing except three determined women.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Bobby Joe Long killed ten women. Two of his rape victims survived and join author Wellman in this first-person account not only of sexual assault but also of years of frustration at the glacierlike movement of the justice system. Because the authors aren't professional writers, the text can be uneven and is filled with occasionally awkward or overwritten passages. Yet it is precisely this uncontrived style that helps convey the courage and tenacity of these women, who were unwavering in their determination to see Long answer for his crimes. Especially chilling are the excerpts from Long's letters in which he describes his rape of a l3-year-old girl. Perhaps even more chilling is that Long plea bargained a 25-year to life sentence for eight murders and has already served 13 of them. For true crime collections.?Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie Cty. P.L., N.Y
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: New Horizon Press (June 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882821547
• ISBN-13: 978-0882821542
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,128,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, July 5, 2000

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Eve Walker Hammond - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smoldering Embers (Hardcover)

One of the most poorly written books I've ever read. Dispite the serious subject matter, I found myself laughing aloud at the tortured prose, stilted dialogue and ridiculous non sequiturs -- not to mention the many grammatical errors. This lady needs an editor!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Time And Your Dime, December 6, 2006

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Kim Cantrell "Soap Box Bandit" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smoldering Embers (Paperback)

This has to be the WORST "true crime" book that I have ever written. While giving credit to Lisa McVey and Susan Replogle (victims of the book's subject), this piece of work is nothing but disguised effort to toot the horn of the book's primary author, and actual writer, Joy Wellman.

Many of the ingredients typical of a true crime were missing from this book; such as details regarding trials, the investigation, many other victims, etc. The reader is provided pretty indepth detail about two victims, general information is provided about others, but some victims are mentioned only in passing. The remainder of the book focuses on the author and co-authors friendship, their desire to teach women to speak out against sexual crimes committed against them, and their lives following Bobby Joe Long, the convicted. And it for this reason that this book should be listed in the biography section versus the true crime category.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensational story about our courts accomidating killers., January 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Smoldering Embers (Hardcover)

It is mind boggeling that three women are standing up to the Florida Supreme Court. A man who killed 9 women and raped women and children shouldn't be taking up so much time and money. Every time I remembered the story was true, I'm enraged. Still I couldn't put it down. Jane Bowen