A compelling study of a systematic, remorseless sociopath
Ann Rue schrijft ongelooflijk gedetailleerde true crime bestsellers, eerder las ik al haar pakkende relaas van de Ted Bundy-moorden.
In 'Everything She Ever Wanted' beschrijft ze met haarfijne precisie de meedogenloze ambitie en zelfzuchtige passie van de charmante en manipulatieve sociopaat Pat Taylor-Allanson. Het boek behandelt haar obsessieve zoektocht naar status, die doorheen haar leven geleid heeft tot brandstichting, vergiftiging en zelfs moord.
Dit relaas toont de verwoestende gevolgen van een persoonlijkheidsstoornis die mensenlevens vernietigt. Het werd in 2009 ook bewerkt tot een tv-miniserie.
Synopsis
Joined in a romantic love that most people only ever dream about, Pat Taylor's marriage to Tom Allanson was all she ever wanted. Both came from fine Southern families, and both longed to recreate for themselves a plantation where they would raise horses, grow roses, and move with grace and style in the highest social circles of Atlanta; in short, to be the Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler of their time. But scarcely two months later, their perfect world had erupted into family hatreds, terror, bloodshed and murder, The beautiful estate was mysteriously burned to the ground and Tom Allanson stood accused of the brutal slaying of his own mother and father. Before the terrifying truth about the perpetrator was revealed, other innocent victims were to suffer attempts on their lives as intricate family loyalties and cruel, obsessive jealousies were played out.
