Publisher Description
On the outside, Mary Jane Fonder seemed like a kindly sixty-six-year-old congregant of the Lutheran church in Springfield Township, PA. But inside, she longed for the church's handsome Pastor Gregory Shreaves, a former golf pro who sparked her most sinful thoughts.
When Mary Jane let her feelings be known, the Pastor gently pushed her away. But her obsession only grew stronger when she became convinced that he was romantically involved with a younger church member, a woman named Rhonda Smith.
Rhonda was doing volunteer work in the church office one day when she was shot to death in cold blood. The trail of evidence led police to Mary Jane, and soon other suspicions were raised: Was she also involved in the mysterious death of her own father fifteen years earlier? This is the shocking true story of love, worship, and murder in one American small town.
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"After watching this crime profiled on Dateline, I wanted to read this book. I always check out the victim and perpetrator on Google so I can have a visual depth to go along with the storyline. Mary Jane Fonder's level of crazy is scary, especially since it involved a church family. If you're a fan of true crime, this is a good one. "
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Julie (5 out of 5 stars)
About the Authors
Colin McEvoy
is a reporter for the Express-Times, a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He and his
wife, Lynn Olanoff, covered the Rhonda Smith murder case extensively and it was
during a jailhouse interview with them that Mary Jane Fonder first acknowledged
responsibility for her crime. They wrote about the Fonder case in the St.
Martin’s True Crime book, Love
Me or Else. Colin
graduated from East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Lynn Olanoff
is a reporter for the
Express-Times, a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania. She and
her husband, Colin McEvoy, covered the Rhonda Smith murder case extensively and
it was during a jailhouse interview with them that Mary Jane Fonder first
acknowledged responsibility for her crime. They wrote about the Fonder case in
the St. Martin’s True Crime book, Love
Me or Else. Lynn is a
graduate of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, and currently resides in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
About Pam Ward
Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.