A dark and bloody groundAn account of the crimes of Benny Hodge and his wife, Sherry Hodge, describes how the two went on a ten-year killing spree that left victims all over the South and explores a killer's psyche. 50,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour. |
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User Review - BellaFoxx - LibraryThingOf the three books by Darcy O’Brien I have read I must say I like this one the least. Not to say it’s not a good book. It gets a bogged down in places. The middle part of the book dragged. We get a ... Read full review
A DARK AND BLOODY GROUND
User Review - KirkusHillbilly sociopaths rip off a miserly old doctor and kill his daughter: another first-rate—and lurid—true-crime chronicle from journalist/novelist O'Brien (Margaret in Hollywood, 1991; Murder in ... Read full review
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Dark and Bloody Ground: Outlaw Love, A Miser's Hoard - Lust, Greed, and ... Darcy O'Brien No preview available - 2013 |
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| Title | A dark and bloody ground |
| Author | Darcy O'Brien |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, 1993 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 4, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0060179589, 9780060179588 |
| Length | 339 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws Criminals Criminals/ Southern States/ Biography Hodge, Benny Murderers Murderers/ Southern States/ Biography Political Science / General Social Science / Criminology Southern States True Crime / Murder / General |
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