Sleep in Heavenly Peace, M. William Phelps
Sleep in Heavenly Peace, M. William Phelps
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Author: M. William Phelps

Narrator: J. Charles

Unabridged: 13 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 11/29/2008


Synopsis

Cold Storage
In May 2003, an Arizona man who’d bought dozens of sealed boxes at an auction of unclaimed property made a horrifying discovery: the bodies of three plastic-wrapped infants, one of which had become mummified over the years. Police traced them to Dianne Odell, 50, a mother of eight children, who admitted the babies were hers but claimed that they’d died of natural causes.Justice Deferred
In 1989, police had found the remains of a long-dead infant in a suitcase in the trunk of a car Odell had abandoned. The statute of limitations on manslaughter had saved her then from prosecution. She maintained that the fetus was the product of a rape by her father, and stillborn.Baby-Killer’s Fate
Odell said her own domineering mother had forced her into teen prostitution and murdered what she viewed as “bastard children.” Both parents were dead and unable to contradict her. Would Odell’s stories sway the jury and buy her the mercy her babies were never granted? Or would she be forced to face the consequences of bringing innocent lives into the world – only to end them in cold blood....

About M. William Phelps

Investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the author of I’ll Be Watching You, If Looks Could Kill, Because You Loved Me, Murder in the Heartland, Perfect Poison, Lethal Guardian, Every Move You Make, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace. He has appeared on dozens of national radio and television programs, including Good Morning America, Court TV, The Discovery Channel, Geraldo at Large, and Montel Williams, and has consulted for the Showtime cable television series Dexter. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community with his wife and children.


Reviews

Dianne O’Dell, a mother of eight children, has a secret. Her secret resides in boxes inside a storage facility. When she stopped paying the storage fees, her unit is sold. As the new owner starts to unpack what is inside, he makes a horrifying discovery. The remains of three infants are inside. As t......more

This is a truly terrible story about a woman who kills her newborns when there is no father on the scene. She totes these remains around in boxes and suitcases until she tires of it and leaves the remains in a storage unit. M. William Phelps has the story down pat, but he is the most repetitive write......more

Goodreads review by J.H.

2.5 stars This book was twice as long as it needed to be. Somewhere, there must be a contingent of true crime lovers who hanker for repetition and learning about the childhoods and professional backgrounds of every lawyer and cop involved in each case, given how many of these books include this info.......more

Goodreads review by Jeanine

What a story.......more