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Death Cruise

by Don Davis

ISBN13: 9780312957865
ISBN10: 0312957866
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For pretty Ohioan Joan Rogers and her two teenaged daughters, a Florida sunset cruise was a dream come true. And even though all three were desperately afaid of the water, they were so taken with friendly boat owner Oba Chandler that they gladly accepted a ride with him on beautiful Tampa Bay.Little did naive mom and two daughters know that behind Chandler's mask of a gracious host lurked a daring and ruthless ex-con, a thief and a liar, a seductive Don Juan who used and discarded wives and children. As they sun serenely sank below the Gulf of Mexico, Chandler suddenly shut down the engines, dropped anchor...and turned into a sadistic torturer.Hog-tying and brutally raping all three, Chandler tossed them overboard — alive — with 40-pound cement blocks tied to their necks. With cruel laughter, he spoke his last words to them: "Swim for it." But the dark green waters of Tampa Bay refused to hold his monstrous secret, and after only three days, the bodies of his victims surfaced.If it hadn't been for a dedicated team of detectives and the clues provided by Chandler's neighbors, a depraved killer might have gotten away with his ghastly crime. Instead, he now paces the floors of a Florida prision awaiting his rendezvous with the electric chair.

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Visiting Florida from their native Ohio, Joan Rogers and her two daughters accepted an offer for a sunset cruise on Tampa Bay from a friendly stranger, Oba Chandler. Once the boat reached open water, he hog-tied them, raped them, and then threw them overboard with a 40-pound cement block around each of their necks. Today he awaits the electric chair. Photo insert.

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: joannlogue_connor, July 20, 2007 (view all comments by joannlogue_connor)
I found the book to be excellent. I knew Obie in the 60's and in reading the book could relate to so many things. His children, his sister and the death of his father. What a creepy thing to read something like this about someone you knew at one time. It's so hard to believe that you were in contact with such a monster.

Thank you, JoAnn
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ISBN:: 9780312957865
Author:: Davis, Don
Publisher:: St. Martin's True Crime
Author:: Davis, Donald A.
Location:: New York, N.Y. :
Subject:: Murder
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Horror
Subject:: Tampa (Fla.)
Subject:: Murder -- Florida -- Case studies.
Subject:: Murders
Subject:: Murder - General
Edition Description:: St. Martin's Paperbacks ed.
Series:: St. Martin's true crime library
Series Volume:: 95-24
Publication Date:: April 1996
Binding:: Mass Market Paperbound
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 6.78x4.36x.84 in. .33 lbs.

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