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Автор: Caitlin Rother
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isbn: 9780786024278
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      “A true-crime thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This first-time author has done a brilliant job of capturing the inner workings of a female killer…someone who uses her cunning ways to commit murder.”

      —Aphrodite Jones, New York Times best-selling crime author

      “Caitlin Rother has written a gripping and chilling book. A tawdry and twisted story of sex and drugs, deception and murder. And here’s the scariest part—it’s all true.”

      —Tom Murray, producer for Pretty Poison, Court TV’s documentary on the Rossum case

      “Absorbing and impeccably researched, Poisoned Love is classic California noir, a story of passion and betrayal and death, with a beautiful, scheming adulteress at the center of the web.”

      —John Taylor, author of The Count and The Confession: A True Mystery.

      “Poisoned Love chillingly illustrates how Kristin Rossum and others refused to accept responsibility for their behavior and choices. Caitlin Rother paints a portrait of the culture that raised Kristin, hired her, was lured by her beauty, and now must share in the dire consequences.”

      —Kevin Barry, producer for The Kristin Rossum Story on Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Network.

      “Poisoned Love is a concise and riveting account of one of the most challenging but fascinating investigations of my police career. Reading Rother’s book brought back the many exhausting hours, effort, and stress I lived and breathed for close to two years in bringing this case to trial. Time’s passage sometimes changes a person’s convictions. Poisoned Love reaffirms my belief that justice was served.”

      —Laurie Agnew, San Diego Police Department homicide detective

      “A riveting and detailed view of a cold, calculated homicide romantically staged as a suicide. Rother gives us an insightful account of how a pretty, scheming and conniving young woman who, despite her intelligence, falls to the scourge of drugs and methodically destroys several lives. I couldn’t put it down and I already knew the story well.”

      —Bob Petrachek, Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory examiner

      “An exciting page-turner from a first-rate reporter.”

      —M. William Phelps, author of Every Move You Make

      POISONED LOVE

      CAITLIN ROTHER

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      CAST OF CHARACTERS

      ROSSUM FAMILY

      Kristin Rossum, oldest child

      Ralph Rossum, father

      Constance Rossum, mother

      Brent Rossum, middle child

      Pierce Rossum, youngest child

      DE VILLERS FAMILY

      Greg T. de Villers, oldest brother and Kristin’s husband

      Jerome T. de Villers, middle brother

      Bertrand T. de Villers, youngest brother

      Yves T. de Villers, father

      Marie T. de Villers, mother

      SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

      Detective Laurie Agnew, lead detective on the case

      Sergeant Howard Williams, Agnew’s boss

      Detective Jimmy Valle

      Detective Felix Zavala

      Detective Lynn Rydalch

      Detective George “Randy” Alldredge

      UCSD CAMPUS POLICE

      Detective Sergeant Bob Jones

      Officer Edward “Scott” Garcia

      Officer Bill MacIntyre

      Officer Karen Scofield

      PROSECUTION TEAM

      Deputy District Attorney Dan Goldstein

      Deputy District Attorney Dave Hendren

      Frank Eaton, investigator

      Meredith Dent, paralegal

      District Attorney Paul Pfingst

      DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

      Deputy Public Defender Alex Loebig, Kristin’s criminal attorney

      Deputy Public Defender Vic Eriksen, Kristin’s criminal attorney

      Michael Pancer, private attorney

      Gretchen von Helms, fill-in attorney for Pancer

      JUDGES

      Superior Court Judge John Thompson, criminal trial judge

      Superior Court Judge John S. Meyer, civil trial judge

      REGIONAL COMPUTER FORENSIC LABORATORY

      Bob Petrachek, examiner

      MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE

      Dr. Brian Blackbourne, chief medical examiner

      Lloyd Amborn, office administrator

      Michael Robertson, Kristin’s married lover and boss in toxicology lab

      Donald “Russ” Lowe, toxicologist, did drug audits

      Angie Wagner, investigator on Greg’s case

      Frank Barnhart, Kristin’s friend and mentor, later changed

      jobs to sheriff’s crime lab

      Cathy Hamm, toxicologist

      Ray Gary, toxicologist

      Dr. Harry Bonnell, pathologist

      Bob Sutton, manager of autopsy exam room

      KRISTIN’S FRIENDS/ADVOCATES

      Melissa Prager, high school friend

      Chris Elliott, friend

      Rick Hogrefe, head of TriLink Biotechnologies

      Kelly Christianson, Kristin’s lab manager at TriLink

      Claire Becker, Kristin’s coworker at TriLink

      Jessica Vanella, Kristin’s coworker at TriLink

      Kathy Vanella, Jessica’s mother, took Kristin in before trial

      GREG’S FRIENDS/ADVOCATES

      Bill Leger, high school friend

      Aaron Wallo, high school friend

      Christian Colantoni, high school friend

      Stefan Gruenwald, his boss at Orbigen

      Terry Huang, office manager at Orbigen

      MICHAEL’S ASSOCIATES

      Nicole Robertson, Michael’s wife

      Dan