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A friend asked, “Who's the lady that killed her husband on Bellaire?” I didn’t know but soon learned that 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.
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KILLER WIFE coming March 2027
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!
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Readers say: “The book is a page turner, I can’t put it down.”
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Published in 2022 by Prometheus Books
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Available 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
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Voted Best Author Finalist 2023-
by Arkansas Times magazine readers
Arkansas Gems 2023
by the Arkansas Center For The Book at the Arkansas State Library
CATHIE WARD
APRIL 21, 1953 - JUNE 24, 1966
7TH GRADE PHOTO
CENTRAL JR. HIGH SCHOOL
HOT SPRINGS, AR
CAHTIE’S SKATEBOARD
REAPPEARED ON THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH.
THE STORY IS AT THE END OF THE FIRST CHAPTER.
JUNE 24
EACH YEAR, WE VISIT CATHIE AT HERÂ MURFREESBORO, AR GRAVE. WE HAD A SPECIAL TIMEÂ IN 2022, AFTER THE BOOK WAS RELEASED---AND SO WAS SHE.
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