Death Trap

Name: Death Trap
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: M. William Phelps
ISBN: 9781494576233

Author: M. William Phelps

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 11 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/28/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, Murder

Synopsis

A loving father and his new wife set out to pick up his kids for a scheduled weekend visit—but never suspected they were walking into a death trap.

A handwritten note instructed Alan and Terra Bates to enter the back door of his ex-wife's Alabama home. A day later their charred bodies were found hundreds of miles away, wrapped in blankets, in a burned-out car's trunk on a desolate Georgia road.

At Jessica McCord’s house, law enforcement officials found windows covered in blankets, a cache of weapons and ammunition, carpets torn up, new tile on the floors, and the couch missing. Then they learned about the nasty divorce and bitter custody battle that had landed Jessica in jail. Along with her new police-officer husband, Jessica became the prime suspect in this brutal double murder.

About M. William Phelps

M. William Phelps is an investigative journalist, podcast host, television expert, and New York Times bestselling author of over forty nonfiction books, including the groundbreaking crime memoir Dangerous Ground. Winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Book Festival Award, he's spent over 300 hours on television as a true crime expert, appearing on numerous shows, including CBS's The Early Show, ABC's Good Morning America, the Today show and The View. He created, produced, and starred in the series Dark Minds and also stars in Deadly Women, Sex, Lies & Murder, Oxygen's Snapped, Killer Couples, and #Killerpost. He is the creator and host of the iHeartRadio original podcast series Paper Ghosts, The Five, and has been called "the nation's leading authority on the mind of the female murderer" by Radio America. Touched by tragedy himself through the unsolved murder of his sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a Connecticut farming community.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on February 14, 2022

Whew, there is a ton to unpack in this one folks. Jessie is a psychotic, crazy bitch. I think this is the first time I have ever used that word on GR. There is nothing else good enough to describe this demon from the depths of hell. Jeff McCord is a piece of human trash and shouldn't be allowed to b......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Marlene♥ on February 17, 2013

This book reminds me of Ann Rule's writing and that is not a compliment! It seems I am the only one who got really annoyed reading this book. I mean yes there are people who got annoyed because the way it was written but I do not see anyone who was annoyed for the same reason i was. Okay Let's have it......more

Goodreads review by Jeanine on June 26, 2021

Excellent.......more

Goodreads review by Bertha on January 22, 2020

The book was a little repetitive in some parts, and I would have liked a little more epilogue at the end. Maybe who ended up with the kids etc.......more

Goodreads review by Joleen Punches on January 17, 2024

I don't think I ever found myself chuckling during a true crime book but this 1 had me doing it. Not because the book was funny, it surely was not, but for the shear audacity of this woman. Of the things that came out of her mouth, and you would just sit there and think to yourself did she really th......more