Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) Book

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 had 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.AUTHORBIO: CARLTON STOWERS is the author of more than two dozen nonfiction books, including To The Last Breath and Careless Whispers, which both won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best true crime book of the year.Read More