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The Preacher's Son: A True Story of Murder in North Carolina (Mass Market Paperback)

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"Briskly paced narrative of a small-town murder."
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"The reader is brought with startling clarity into the world of the Kimble brothers. It is a world where desires and wants are seized, regardless of the cost, and human frailty is a weakness to be exploited and used for the further satisfaction of greed and lust. An excellent true crime debut written with intimate knowledge of the case."
--Greensboro News & Record
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"Briskly paced narrative of a small-town murder."--Kirkus Reviews"The reader is brought with startling clarity into the world of the Kimble brothers. It is a world where desires and wants are seized, regardless of the cost, and human frailty is a weakness to be exploited and used for the further satisfaction of greed and lust. An excellent true crime debut written with intimate knowledge of the case."--Greensboro News & Record
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime (May 18, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312978073
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312978075
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,048,250 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, August 11, 2000
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This review is from: Unholy Covenant: A True Story of Murder in North Carolina (Paperback)
The story itself is fascinating and holds the reader's attention. You really do want to read the whole book from start to finish. However, the author's style is somewhat disjointed and "choppy". This is her first book, and I think that this will improve with more experience. I'm not sure if it would have been as interesting to me if I did not have a connection to the locale of the story.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Captivating Book!, June 12, 2000
By Coral T. (NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unholy Covenant: A True Story of Murder in North Carolina (Paperback)
This book is 294 pages of captivation! Your interest stays with you throughout the book. I found myself unable to lay the book down! Lynn Chandler-Willis does a great job in telling this unfortuante story. Her chapters are descriptive enough so that it's easy to invision what you read. For anyone looking for a true crime story to read, I highly recommend this book! Also included are 8 pages of black and white photos. It was such a good book that I hated to see it come to an end.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Once you start reading, you can't put it down!, June 10, 2000
By Gail Ortega (Asheboro, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unholy Covenant: A True Story of Murder in North Carolina (Paperback)
Having lived in the community where this true tragedy takes place, I was reliving every moment of the gory details of this insane murder while reading "Unholy Covenant".

Lynn Chandler-Willis has recreated the incidents with spellbinding details and incite into the minds and hearts of everyone concerned with this murder case. It was a senseless murder of a beautiful young woman concocted by her husband for his own selfish, monetary gain. Chandler-Willis has definitely come across with a writing style in this book that is intended to keep the reader hooked from the first page to the last!

I wish her much success with "Unholy Covenant", her first published book, and look forward to any other books she may write in the future.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An Overall Sad and Tragic Story!
Lynn Chandler Willis is one of the new true crime writers that I have read and she puts a decent entry among the true crime genre series. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sylviastel

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like the editorializing
Any book which I feel compelled to read a second time is definitely worth reading, as was the case with this book. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Kelly Parsons

4.0 out of 5 stars fast paced read
This is the true account of a man who married an innocent woman--who ends up dead not long afterwards--and the story of her failing marriage and the attempt to bring her killer to... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars True Crime Lite
This could have been a fascinating book. With a very likeable victim, a devious husband, family secrets and several unanticipated twists and turns, it was a story begging to be... Read more
Published on September 22, 2006 by E. Howard

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT THE BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK
THE TITLE"The Preacher's Son" should have been The Preacher's SonS. Story was very predictable, so story was sort of boring.
Published on August 22, 2006 by CR

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok Book But Not great
I really could not get in to the book. I was ready to stop after the first chapter. Then I saw the entire story on American Justice and it was interesting watching it. Read more
Published on July 7, 2006 by J. Johnson

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this book.
This book was pretty good, not one of the best true crimes I have read.
Published on March 2, 2006 by K. Delgiorno

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars for The Preacher's Son
The Preacher's Son grabs your attention from page one. It explores the murder of Ted Kimble's wife and the unfolding efforts to bring her killer to justice. Read more
Published on September 5, 2005 by ihgr

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE
BEWARE THAT THIS IS THE SAME BOOK AS THE PREACHERS SON. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF ORDERING THIS BOOK THINKING IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
Published on August 4, 2005 by OBX GAL

4.0 out of 5 stars Is Ted alive or dead?
Good read, very engrossing. I read it in one read. But had trouble determing if in fact Ted was shot trying to escape or sitting in a jail cell some where. Read more
Published on October 2, 2004 by yiayia

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