Death on Ocean Boulevard, Caitlin Rother
Death on Ocean Boulevard, Caitlin Rother
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Death on Ocean Boulevard
Inside the Coronado Mansion Case

Author: Caitlin Rother

Narrator: Rachel Perry

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/27/2021

Synopsis

The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011, from the historic Spreckels Mansion, a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah's girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, gagged, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her. Jonah's brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in black paint were the cryptic words: SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER.

Was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer's taunt? Rebecca's death came two days after Jonah's six-year-old son, Max, took a devastating fall while in Rebecca's care. Authorities deemed Rebecca's death a suicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide or a murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way?

Award-winning investigative journalist Caitlin Rother weaves stunning new details into a personal yet objective examination of the sensational case. As compelling as it is troubling, this controversial real-life mystery is a classic American tragedy that evokes the same haunting fascination as the JonBenet Ramsey and O.J. Simpson cases.

About Caitlin Rother

New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother has written or coauthored fourteen books. Her titles include Dead Reckoning; Hunting Charles Manson; Then No One Can Have Her; Naked Addiction; Secrets, Lies, and Shoelaces; I'll Take Care of You; Lost Girls; Poisoned Love; Body Parts; Twisted Triangle; Deadly Devotion; Love Gone Wrong, and My Life, Deleted. Rother, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, worked as an investigative reporter at daily newspapers for nineteen years before deciding to write books full-time. Her stories have also been published in Cosmopolitan, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and The Daily Beast. As a TV crime commentator, she has done more than 200 media appearances on episodes of 20/20, People Magazine Investigates, Crime Watch Daily, Australia's World News, Nancy Grace, Snapped, and numerous shows on Netflix, Investigation Discovery, HLN, REELZ, Oxygen, E!, A&E, C SPAN, and various PBS affiliates. Rother also works as a writing/research coach and consultant, and plays piano and sings in an acoustic band.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra

"SHE SAVED HIM, CAN YOU SAVE HER." Thirty-two-year-old Rebecca Yahau was found hanging naked, gagged, and bound from a balcony at her boyfriend's (Jonah Shacknai) historic Coronado mansion in 2011. This message "SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER" was found written on a door. Her death was deemed a suici......more

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val)

This story was was really big news and captured the attention of many. People were fascinated by the case, wondering what happened and was it ever going to really be known. In 2011, when Rebecca Zahau was found dead, hanging from the balcony of the Spreckels mansion, it just seemed such a bizarre th......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea | thrillerbookbabe

When my book club chose this book I was really excited. Being from Southern California, I was surprised I hadn’t heard of this case before. The book was about the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau, a woman found naked hanging from her balcony. On the door to the bedroom the police found a handwritte......more

Goodreads review by 3 no 7

“Death on Ocean Boulevard, Inside the Coronado Mansion Case” is the “real-life” saga of the unique circumstances surrounding the hanging death of Rebecca Zahau in Coronado California. There were actually two tragedies in 2011 in the Spreckels Mansion, one a few days prior to the sensational death of......more

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