My Husbands Trying to Kill Me!, Jim Schutze
My Husbands Trying to Kill Me!, Jim Schutze
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"My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!"
A True Story of Money, Marriage, and Murderous Intent

Author: Jim Schutze

Narrator: Jonathan Sleep

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2024


Synopsis

From an award-winning journalist, this "grippingly suspenseful true-crime tale details the foiling of a wealthy Texan's plot to have his wife murdered" (Publishers Weekly).

To the world, Linda DeSilva's marriage to Robert Edelman was perfect. He was her college boyfriend turned wealthy and successful husband, and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn't know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious life in Dallas was also her abuser. When she asked him for a divorce, the violence against her only escalated, until the shocking moment she learned her husband had hired an assassin to take her life.

From acclaimed journalist and author Jim Schutze, "My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!" is the riveting true-crime account of how Linda DeSilva worked with the FBI to trap her husband before he could act on his murderous intentions—and how the sting operation nearly got her killed instead. A shocking and sensational story of a wife and mother's escape from the marriage that went from American dream to every woman's worst nightmare.

Contains mature themes.

About Jim Schutze

Jim Schutze is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion; Cauldron of Blood: The Matamoros Cult Killings; and Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather Adores Books on March 30, 2024

3⭐ Genre ~ true crime Setting ~ New York, Oklahoma, Texas Publication date ~ March 19, 2024 for my copy, but originally published in 1992! Est page Count ~ 394 (8 chapters) Audio length ~ 9 hours 26 minutes Narrator ~ Jonathan Sleep POV ~ multiple 3rd Featuring ~ long chapters, domestic abuse This takes plac......more

Goodreads review by Diana | LatinaWithABook on March 13, 2024

Can you imagine being married to someone for years and then everything implodes and next thing you know your life is at risk. This was a great listen. It took me a moment to get into the narrator, Jonathan Sleep. After the first chapter it was easy listening and finished in less than 2 days. The sto......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 14, 2010

This book was pretty good. It is based on a true story, but it was kinda pedictible and the story line lagged. But overall the book was ok.......more

Goodreads review by Jamele (BookswithJams) on May 20, 2024

Thank you to Tantor Audio for the ALC to review. Jim Schutze is a well known journalist in Dallas, and when I saw he was the author of this book in addition to it being a true crime case in Dallas I could not pass it up, plus it was available via audio which was a bonus. It did not disappoint, this......more

Goodreads review by Kylie on April 02, 2024

Narrated by Jonathan Sleep ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Jim Schutze ⭐⭐⭐ A very interesting story of Murder for Hire. This true crime story is written like a fiction novel which Is an interesting way to do it, can't say I loved the style and it took me a while to get my head around it but overal it was good.......more