Publisher Description
In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny.
But the most chilling story of all was never told—until now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "the Dragon Lady's" very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away.
As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and then—with Kent's painful collusion—snare what Sante called "my millionaire." When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell.
For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behavior, laying waste to each other and anyone who got in the way. When Kent's half-brother, Kenny, was born, Kent was twelve years old—old enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector.
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Well researched and touching . . . As a chronicle of Sante Kimes's life, it's unlikely to be surpassed by any other.
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Publishers Weekly
About the Authors
Kent Walker has appeared on many television and radio talk shows, including Larry King Live, The View, Fresh Air, Dateline, and The Today Show. He lives in Southern California with his wife and children.
Mark Schone is an editor with nbcnews.com and the investigative unit at
NBC News. His work has appeared in
Rolling Stone,
Wired, the
New York Times,
Outside, and many other publications, and has also been featured on the radio program
This American Life and in the books
Best American Crime Writing and
The Encyclopedia of Country Music.
About John Glouchevitch
John Glouchevitch is an audiobook narrator and voice talent. He began honing his craft as a voice-over artist at age three, when, to the dismay of his parents, he began to imitate the accents of their British family friends. Over the ensuing years he studied as an actor, improviser, and writer, eventually graduating with a BA in theater and English from Middlebury College in Vermont.