A friend asked, “Who's the lady that killed her husband on Bellaire?” I didn’t know but soon learned an attractive brunette preferred bullets to divorce. From 1959 to 1969, each of Bonnie’s three husbands died from gunshot wounds--and the third was half her age.
KILLER WIFE coming
March 2, 2027
Published in May 2022 by Prometheus Books
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 lifetime to be to!
Readers say: “The book is a page turner, I can’t put it down!”
Available nationwide at all major bookstores, online, and in Hot Springs, Arkansas at Black Ribbon Books in the Arlington Hotel Arcade and also the Garland County Historical Society
Voted Best Author Finalist 2023-
by Arkansas Times magazine readers
Chosen one of the Arkansas Gems 2023 by the Arkansas Center For The Book at the Arkansas State Library
