If Looks Could Kill
Written by M. William Phelps
Narrated by J. Charles
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About this audiobook
“A great true crime story…Readers will feel the effects of Phelps’ skill from beginning to end.” - Stephen Singular
Big 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 Bremner
Jeff 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. Baden
In 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…
M. William Phelps
Crime writer and investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the author of twenty-four nonfiction books and the novel The Dead Soul. He consulted on the first season of the Showtime series Dexter, has been profiled in Writer’s Digest, Connecticut Magazine, NY Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, Suspense Magazine, and the Hartford Courant, and has written for Connecticut Magazine. Winner of the New England Book Festival Award for I’ll Be Watching You and the Editor’s Choice Award from True Crime Book Reviews for Death Trap, Phelps has appeared on nearly 100 television shows, including CBS’s Early Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, The View, TLC, BIO Channel, and History Channel. Phelps created, produces and stars in the hit Investigation Discovery series Dark Minds, now in its third season; and is one of the stars of ID’s Deadly Women. Radio America called him “the nation’s leading authority on the mind of the female murderer.” Touched by tragedy himself, due to the unsolved murder of his pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps is able to enter the hearts and minds of his subjects like no one else. He lives in a small Connecticut farming community and can be reached at his website, www.mwilliamphelps.com.
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Reviews for If Looks Could Kill
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I thought it dragged,too many words. Great example of how how the law is so unjust.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good writing, but the story just didn't grab me. Ended up returning it 25% of the way through.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well researched with much detail of the murder of Jeff Zack.. not a very well liked man. This made it extra difficult to solve the murder. The day to day investigation by the police was very interesting. I read lots of true crime and this is a good one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was well researched and the case well portrayed. It is depressing to think of what the Zack family went through. This is a great read of the true crime genre.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very much step by step of police procedures, day by day of their activities and their thoughts. At times, it got to be a little too detail oriented. I recall watching this on Dateline, and the book clearly adds a lot more details of what happened behind the scenes. It did get a bit confusing at times though, which is why the 4 1/2 stars.