Aphrodite Jones True Crime Author


Add to cart Michael Jackson Conspiracy	In Michael Jackson Conspiracy (Aphrodite Jones Books; June 13, 2007), Aphrodite Jones courageously recounts the media coverage of the case against Michael Jackson. With the kind of behind-the-scenes insights, which only Jones can provide, Michael Jackson Conspiracy will shock you. Jones provides a fresh look at the trial, which became a spectacle, and at the man, who has been at the center of so much success -- and controversy. And what Jones ultimately reveals is a new image of Michael Jackson.

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Add to cart A Perfect Husband	In *A Perfect Husband* (Pinnacle Books; August 1, 2004), Aphrodite Jones chronicles the story of New York Times bestselling novelist, Michael Peterson, whose dream marriage ended in the tragic death of his corporate executive wife. Peterson "found" his wife, Kathleen, at the bottom of the stairs in their North Carolina mansion.

Strangely, detectives discovered that another death was buried in Michael Peterson's past. In 1985, his best friend, Elizabeth Ratliff, was also found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Michael Peterson was the last person to see her alive. Jones brings insider access to the jolting tragic tale, including evidence of Peterson's secret bisexuality, which proved to be a motive for murder. Read more about A Perfect Husband.


Add to cart Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling	In *Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling* (William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; July 1, 2003), investigator Aphrodite Jones provides the first complete account of the chilling case that galvanized the nation. One of America's best-selling true crime writers, who first broke the story that inspired the Oscar-winning film Boys Don't Cry, Jones has unearthed shocking revelations about the case, including photos and never-before-seen artwork and personal documents of the convicted dog-owners.

Reconstructing the crime and the subsequent trial, giving readers the sexual back-story of the principals involved, Jones writes a vivid account of one of the most bizarre crime events. Read more about Red Zone.


Add to cart The Embrace: A True Vampire Story	*The Embrace: A True Vampire Story* A tale of murderous youths and cult followings among America's young. The book's main character, Heather, had fallen under the spell of 16-year-old Rod Ferrell, a self-avowed Antichrist and leader of a band of teenage vampire cultists who devoured gothic fiction and drank blood.

In light of the recent school massacres in Colorado and elsewhere, The Embrace addresses a national concern as it shows how disenfranchised adolescents can prove to be deadly. Read more about The Embrace: A True Vampire Story.


Add to cart Della's Web	*Della's Web* The twisted story of a suburban black widow that continues to gain national media attention, tells the tale of Della's many husbands who suffered a strange form of reverse domestic violence. Also a National Best Seller, Della's Web is a portrait of a woman who brutally tortured men.

The story has sparked Hollywood interest and has been optioned by Hearst Entertainment. Read more about Della's Web.


Add to cart All She Wanted	*All She Wanted* A world-renowned story involving a hate-crime against a female transsexual in rural Nebraska, it became an instant National Best Seller.	See photographs of Brandon and other people, about whom Aphrodite Jones wrote in All She Wanted

Based on the life of Teena Brandon (aka Brandon Teena), it is a story about finding the courage to be yourself. Fox Searchlight produced the tale in the feature film Boys Don't Cry, for which Hilary Swank won the Academy Award as Best Actress. Read more about All She Wanted.


Add to cart Cruel Sacrifice	*Cruel Sacrifice* An unthinkable story of four teenage girls in Indiana who brutally raped, tortured, and burned alive a twelve-year old girl, this book was one of the first accounts of modern teen violence in America. Cruel Sacrifice became a cult classic for true-crime buffs and still continues to sell.

It hit The New York Times list at number 4, and remained on the top of the list for over four months. Cruel Sacrifice also became a Doubleday Book-of-the-Month Club leading selection. Read more about Cruel Sacrifice.


Add to cart The FBI Killer	*The FBI Killer* The story of an FBI agent whose paid informant, Susan Daniels Smith, was missing for a year before he ultimately confessed to manslaughter and lead the FBI to her bones. As in the Chandra Levy case, Agent Mark Putnam was not technically a suspect from the start, and at first he denied his affair with Smith.

But massive public pressure lead Putnam to a failed polygraph, and ultimately a confession, making Special Agent Mark Putnam the first FBI agent in history to be convicted of homicide. A Regional Best Seller, FBI Killer was subsequently made into an ABC-TV movie Betrayed By Love, starring Patricia Arquette and Steven Weber. Read more about The FBI Killer.