He'd been shot in the head, decapitated, and set on fire. Who could have turned on the real-estate ace with such bloodthirsty fury? Even before the remains were found, circumstantial evidence was building against Rudin's 52-year-old wife, Margaret, who stood to inherit a handsome share of her husband's fortune. Rudin's friends also suspected Margaret, and the victim has thought that his wife was trying to poison him when he was alive. Then a chilling caveat was discovered in Rudin's living trust: should he die under violent circumstances, an investigation should be conducted. By the time authorities closed in on Margaret Rudin she'd disappeared. It would take two and a half years to hunt the Black Widow down, and to discover the secrets at the heart of poisonous marriage...
Now, reporter Michael Fleeman delivers a startling glimpse into the mind of a woman who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted. Fleeman also details the relentless pursuit of justice that would lead authorities from the glamorous facade of Las Vegas to a squalid apartment on the outskirts of Boston, to hold the remorseless wife accountable for her shocking crimes.
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"In this true crime novel, real estate ace Ron Rudin is shot in the head, decapitated and then set on fire. Even before his body was found, the evidence was pointing toward his wife - Margaret Rudin who stood to inherit millions of dollars upon her husband's death. And she might of inherited his entire estate, except that Rudin added a caveat to his will that should he die under violent circumstances, an indepth investigation should be conducted including any of his trustees and his wife. Fleeman does a good job of keeping the reader interested, though there is a lot happening in the book and sometimes its difficult to keep all of the players straight. It's always fun to Google the players to put a name with a face. "
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Julie (5 out of 5 stars)