Synopses & Reviews
?A great true crime story?Readers will feel the effects of Phelps? skill from beginning to end.? - Stephen SingularBig and brash, Jeff Zack didn?t hide his rough lifestyle. And when he died, it was in plain sight: executed in the parking lot of a BJ's Wholesale Club in Akron, Ohio, by a motorcycle-riding assassin dressed in black.?Phelps uses a unique combination of investigative skills and narrative insight to give readers an exclusive, insider's look.? - Anne BremnerJeff Zack's murder stunned investigators - but then, so did his life. A long list of people might have had reasons to want Zack dead, including the loyal wife he had humiliated and the wealthy nightclub owner whose wife - a blond, hard-bodied beauty queen - he openly dated. But the truth would get even stranger Phelps is a first-rate investigator.? - Dr. Michael M. BadenIn this shocking true story of adultery, mind games, lies, wealth and sexual liaisons in upscale Middle America, true-crime master M. William Phelps tells the astounding story of a man who loved the wrong woman - and was brutally murdered by a killer with the deadliest possible motive of all?
Synopsis
If Looks Could Kill is the shocking real-life story of money, marriage, mayhem, and murder in a peaceful Midwestern town. In a busy gas station near one of Akron, Ohios most popular shopping malls, 44-year-old Jeff Zack was shot in the head and killed in broad daylight. On June 16, 2001, a helmeted motorcyclist dressed in black pulled up to his SUV and killed Jeff in front of stunned spectators. The list of suspects was long, as Jeff led a round and careless lifestyle. One of the suspects was a wealthy, attractive socialite and mother of seven. The murder is the result of the victims 10-year affair with the former Mrs. Ohio, Cynthia Rohr-George; but her conviction was overturned in March 2007. John Zaffino, another of Cynthias lovers, was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Synopsis
Phelps details the twisted true story of Cynthia Rohr-George, a stunning socialite and beauty queen in Akron, Ohio, who was convicted of orchestrating a brutal murder--then had her conviction overturned in a shocking turn of events. Featured on NBC's "Dateline." Unabridged. 11 CDs.