A gripping account of the actual murders that inspired the highly acclaimed film Badlands. . . . He is Jimmie John Hall, "free and white and twenty-two." She is Betty Dienhardt, plain, friendless, and oppressed by a bleak home life. In each other they find a chance for love and fulfillment. But they are doomed. For Jimmie John has already embarked on a killing spree on the backroads of the Southwest that will leave fourteen innocent people dead.
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Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and an internationally renowned bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series as well as dozens of short stories, articles, and books on writing. He has won four Edgar and Shamus Awards, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.
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Winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a multiple finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award, Alan Sklar has narrated over 150 audiobooks. Named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine, his work has earned him two Booklist Editors' Choice Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and Audiobook of the Year by ForeWord magazine. Alan has also narrated thousands of corporate videos, and can often be seen and heard on radio and TV.
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