The Good Wife, Clint Richmond
The Good Wife, Clint Richmond
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The Good Wife
The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

Author: Clint Richmond

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2023

Synopsis

Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in booming Austin, Texas, in the mid-1990s, they were respected leaders in their church and community. As Roger diligently worked his way up the high-tech corporate ladder, Penny kept a pristine home and coached similarly devout young women on how to be perfect wives. But on a windy March evening, this godly woman met the devil head-on. And when the police discovered her lifeless body—repeatedly bludgeoned with a lead pipe, then mutilated with a knife from her own spotless kitchen—they were shocked by the rage and savagery behind her slaying.

The Good Wife is a startling true story of greed, hatred, betrayal, and an unimaginable murder—a tale of the dark decay that can be hidden behind a façade of saintliness when a marriage seemingly made in heaven descends into hell.

About Clint Richmond

Clint Richmond, a former Dallas Times Herald news reporter, covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the trial of Jack Ruby for the murder of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. He was assigned to federal and state courts and law enforcement beats in Dallas for a number of years. Later, as a freelance journalist, he covered the Rocky Mountain and West Coast regions for such publications as People magazine and has been a contributing writer to Time, Newsweek, and numerous other periodicals. The author lives with his wife, also a freelance writer, in Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on June 05, 2022

Almost overly detailed This book was extremely detailed and thorough, which made it a long read and tough to get through. Buried in the minutiae, it took me ages to finish it until I decided to skim over unnecessary items like the career trajectories of each lawyer. Overall interesting case, just bog......more

Goodreads review by Julie on July 06, 2022

No confession. The narrative of this story can be tedious and outright boring. I stuck with it, however, because the story is interesting. The writing veers off course so often, I found myself inviting interruptions, looking for new books to read .... oh wait, still reading this one. It wasn't easy,......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 23, 2024

Good description of courtroom drama I almost put the book down as the author built up the personalities of the two protagonists. His description of Penny as the "perfect Christian wife who held marriage seminars teaching women to submit to their husbands" came across as wooden and one dimensional. S......more

Goodreads review by Diana on July 17, 2022

Fabulous. A true crime written to encompass every facet of a crime, from background on those in the story; details of the crime itself given throughout the book; discussion/education of prison history, criminal law, Texas standing on crime & punishment; detailed epilogue. Couldn’t stop reading this......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on May 26, 2024

I admit to skimming through 70% of this book. The authors writing style is horrible to me. Thousands of useless words and so much useless information that make the true story feel like “Who cares? Just stop writing already! “......more

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