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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9780312982140
ISBN: 0312982143
Label: St. Martin's True Crime
Manufacturer: St. Martin's True Crime
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: March 15, 2002
Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
Release Date: December 02, 2008
Studio: St. Martin's True Crime
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Editorial Review:
On a fall afternoon in 1983, in an upscale Dallas suburb, Rozanne Gailiunas was found stripped, bound to her bed, and shot through the skull. Her four-year-old son has been napping peacefully in the next room when she was killed. Rozanne's husband, Dr. Peter Gailiunas--and her lover, Larry Aylor--immediately fell under suspicion. Until a surprise informant identified the mastermind behind the murder as Aylor's own wife, Joy--a woman so driven by jealousy and greed that she put out a contract on both Rozanne and later her own husband.On the run and managing to elude investigators for eight years, the two-year search for the socialite would eventually end in the south of France. There, authorities found the elusive femme fatale, living as comfortably among the world's elite as she was among hired killers. At last, the authorities' questions would be answered, to reveal a shocking insight into the heart of an unlikely killer, and a small-town Texas crime that made international headlines.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Everything Is Big In Texas....
...including your murder-for-hire defendant list!
Carlton Stowers does an excellent job of relaying the story of Joy Aylor, a Texas socialite sociopath, who has her husband's lover, Rozanne, murdered (and the REAL reason for the hit is only disclosed late in the story).
Though it takes almost a decade to solve the case of Rozanne Gailiunas' murder, readers are taken on a interesting trip with police detectives as the conspiracy ring keeps growing and growing; until it ... Read More
Rating:  - Extremely detailed true crime
This is the second book I have read by Carlton Stowers and I must say, this author leaves nothing out. I don't think I have ever read a more detailed account of a true crime nor have I ever read one with such a huge cast of charecters! There are so many people involved in this case!
Joy Ayler is the hub of the wheel and is the one who the book is really all about. She is your typical sociopath, using and hurting people right and left with no remorse. It is very interesting to see ... Read More
Rating: - A MUST READ!!
I saw the movie before I read the book and the book of course tells so much more then the movie. Many things in the movie are put in there for glamor. This case is baffling with so many characters the list never stops growing. So many lives ruined from just one evil manipulating woman. I don't know what she did to lure these men in to her web or should I say bed first. Even when she looked her best she was not that attractive. Well looks like manipulation was a deadly art that came easy for this ... Read More
Rating: - Full of twists & turns & unsavory characters
This is a fantastic book on a par with Tom Henderson's "Blood Justice". What a great writer! The relationship between Mike Wilson and Joy could be a book in itself. You will sympathize with the investigators, you'll get to know them and the families involved...I wish there was a book about the trial...the more you know, the more you want to know thanks to Carlton Stowers.
Rating: - A fantastically detailed read
Carlton Stowers has always been one of my favorite true crime writers, and he really delivers with this book. This book and "Careless Whispers" by him are some of my favorite true crime books (and as you can tell by my other reviews I have quite a few favorites). Joy Aylor is a very sick woman who always had to have her way. I do not want to give out too many plot details, you really have to read this book.
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