Death in Texas, Carlton Smith
Death in Texas, Carlton Smith
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Death in Texas
A True Story of Marriage, Money, and Murder

Author: Carlton Smith

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/11/2018


Synopsis

Was he his brother's keeper?

Robert and Doris Angleton seemed to have the perfect life. Until she was coldly murdered in her own home, shot thirteen times in the head, chest, and abdomen . . .

Suddenly the ideal husband seemed anything but perfect: he was jailed, accused of hiring his older brother, Roger, to kill his wife for money—possibly as much as $2 million. However, without the crucial eyewitness testimony of Roger—who soon committed suicide in a Houston jail cell— the case against Robert rested entirely on circumstantial evidence. But the facts raise more questions than answers . . .

Doris Angleton—deeply involved in a secret love affair—had asked her husband for a divorce, which might have exposed him as a tax-skipping millionaire bookie and favored police informant . . .

Extensive handwritten and typewritten notes, coupled with a secretly taped conversation between Roger and another man outlining the murder, were found in a briefcase Roger Angleton was carrying when he was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, it was later concluded that the second voice on the tape was not Robert's . . .

Also in Roger's briefcase: $64,000 in cash, along with a money wrapper with Robert's fingerprint on it . . .

Ultimately Roger confessed to the murder in his suicide note, exonerating his brother of any guilt . . .

A Texas jury came to one conclusion.

Listen to this fascinating true-crime account of greed, deception, and cold-blooded murder—and decide for yourself.

About Carlton Smith

Carlton Smith (1947-2011) was a prizewinning crime reporter and the author of dozens of books. Born in Riverside, California, Smith graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, with a degree in history. He began his journalism career at the Los Angeles Times and arrived at the Seattle Times in 1983, where he and Tomas Guillen covered the Green River Killer case for more than a decade. They were named Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative reporting in 1988 and published the New York Times bestseller The Search for the Green River Killer ten years before investigators arrested Gary Ridgway for the murders. Smith went on to write twenty-five true crime books, including Killing Season, Cold-Blooded, and Dying for Love.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ErikaShmerika on July 26, 2023

I guess if you have someone else’s work and the court transcripts to quote from, anyone can write a true crime book! Seriously, though. Skip Hollandsworth is quoted so often, it’s surprising he doesn’t get co-authorship credit. (If he’d even want his name on this lifeless piece of work). You’d think......more

Goodreads review by SheMac on December 12, 2023

Meh ... I think I've enjoyed Smith's work in the past, but this book reveals little original research. Instead, Smith seems to rely heavily on one magazine piece, newspaper reporting and public documents. The writing is dry, and the story drags at times. As an example, this is a short book but more......more

Goodreads review by Rik on June 06, 2023

Another Carlton Smith i've just got cheap and launched into without even reading the blurb. Another well researched and concise true crime book, not a case i would have picked or had much interest in but as always he makes it a compelling read. Banged it out in one sitting...tabloidy titles aside i......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on April 18, 2024

I read, listen and watch a lot of true crime. This is not a case that I had come across before. I believe it was very well written, gave a lot of great details and well researched. Definitely can't go wrong with this one. If you decide to listen to this one on audible, I also recommend and it's an e......more

Goodreads review by Nyssa on October 19, 2021

Good book for those who want to know more about the situation it talks about, but a bit boring for me who wasn't really interested in the story. Still had some plot twists to keep me somewhat interested.......more