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A WALKING NIGHTMARE - IN SIZE-NINE STILETTOS . . .The officer responding to a 911 call at one of Houston's hippest high-rises expected the worst. After all, domestic violence situations can be unpredictable. But nothing could've prepared him for what he found: a beautiful woman drenched in blood . . . an older man lying dead on the floor . . . and a cobalt blue suede stiletto with tufts of white hair stuck to its five-and-a-half-inch heel.With her stunning looks, magnetic personality, and erratic behavior, Ana Trujillo had a notorious reputation on the downtown Houston scene. She spoke often of occult powers, though few knew how deeply she believed such boasts. Stefan Andersson was a gentle soul, a Swedish transplant with a good career and trusted friends, who was desperate to find someone special.
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A novelist and an award-winning journalist, Kathryn Casey is the creator of the Clara Jefferies and Sarah Armstrong mystery series and the author of eleven highly acclaimed true crime books. Her first novel, SINGULARITY, was one of Booklist's best crime novel debuts of that year, and Library Journal chose the third, THE KILLING STORM, as one of the year's best mysteries. Her most recent true crime book, IN PLAIN SIGHT, is an in-depth account of the infamous Kaufman County prosecutor murders, a trio of killings that shocked the nation. Casey is the only journalist to have interviewed the two killers. Her book DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS was the basis of a Lifetime movie. True crime matriarch Ann Rule has called Casey "one of the best in the true crime genre. " NY Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen describes Casey as "a true crime great. " In March 2014, Elle Magazine included a book by Casey along with those of Agatha Christie, Jane Smiley, Edna Buchanan, Joyce Carol Oates, Gillian Flynn, and others, on a list of "The Ten Best Thrillers and Crime Writing by Women. " Casey is a frequent television and radio commentator and has appeared on 20/20, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen Network, Reelz, Court TV, Biography, Nancy Grace, E! Network, TruTv, Investigation Discovery, The Travel Channell, A&E, and other venues.
