Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn’t your typical, sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination of mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-state gamblers, flim-flam men, and high-rollers to its thoroughbred racetrack, clubs, and bordellos. Still, the town was shaken to its core after Cathie Ward, a beautiful thirteen-year-old, was found dead at a nearby ranch & riding stables on June 24, 1966. The owner claimed it was an accident. However, when he committed murder months later, Hot Springs residents were horrified--and convinced he’d also murdered the girl. The author, a junior high school classmate of Cathie’s, returned to her hometown in 2014 to discover the truth surrounding her friend’s tragic death and the man who terrorized their town. This true story has been waiting a lifetime to be told!
Readers say: “The book is a page turner, I can’t put it down.”
Published by Prometheus Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Available in: Hardcover * e-book * audiobook * CD
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“Snake Eyes is a gripping true crime tale well-told. The story of a nice young girl lost far too soon and those determined to find the truth and get it out. It happened in the author’s hometown, and mine, and played out against its culture of denial and decency, crassness and caring. There’s a lot of real life here.
Read it!”
Bill Clinton
SNAKE EYES HONORED DECEMBER 5, 2022 BY THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARY SYSTEM AS A “NEW ENTRY”
IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARKANSAS
BITTY’S BOOK TALKS & FESTIVALS
DAR, John Perciful Chapter - Mar 3
First Annual Hot Springs Book Festival - Apr 8
Garland County Historical Society - Apr 19
Hot Springs Village PEO - April 20
Local Author’s Day @ Arts in the Park/Library - May 4
True Murder Podcast - May 17
Quarterback Club (HS) - May 18
Book Signing - May 22
Author Talk @ GC Library - June 7
HS Women’s Welcome Book Club - July 27
Book Babes of HS (Book Club) - Aug 8
High Faluntin’ Book Club (HS) - Sept 13
Little Rock True Crime Book Club - Sept 24
DAR, HS Chapter - Oct 8
The Book Club (N Little Rock) - Oct 19
Pub or Perish 2022 (13th annual lit-event of Arkansas Times & CALS/SBBF) - Oct 21
Six Bridges Book Festival (LR) - Oct 23
True Crime Festival (HS) - Nov 5
The Queen's Book Club - Nov 10
Meet the Author - NLR Laman Library - February 9, 2023
Happy Bookers @ Hot Springs Village - Feb 21, 2023
“Read Between the Wines” - Literacy Council of Garland County - February 23, 2023
Natl. Park Rotary - March 1, 2023 (Hot Springs, AR)
Benton Literary Guild - Mar 22, 2023
Austin (TX) Women Antiques - April 13, 2023
Bella Vista Public Library True Crime Club - April 27, 2023
Hot Springs Colonial Dames - May 3, 2023
Friends of Coronado Ctr. Library’s “Wine & Cheese with the Author” @ HS Village - July 18, 2023
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