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Thomas Thompson
(Writer)
[1933 - 1982]
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Profile created October 9, 2009
Updated November 2, 2009 |
Blood and Money
(2001)
Power, passion, oil money, murder--all the
ingredients of a fast-paced, gripping mystery novel drive this true-crime
story that on its original publication leapt onto best-seller lists
nationwide. To that mix, add glamorous personalities, prominent Texas
businessmen, gangland reprobates, and a whole parade of medical experts.
At once a documentary account of events and a novelistic reconstruction of
encounters among the cast of colorful characters, this anatomy of murder
first chronicles the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death in
1969 of Joan Robinson--the pampered daughter of a Texas oil millionaire
and the wife of plastic surgeon Dr. John Hill--then examines the bizarre
consequences that followed it. For in 1972, having been charged by his
father-in-law with Joan's death and having survived a mistrial, John Hill
himself was killed, supposedly by a robber. So was the robber, by a cop,
supposedly for resisting arrest. From the exclusive haunts of Houston's
super-rich to the city's seamy underworld of prostitutes, pimps, and
punks, author and investigative journalist Thomas Thompson tracks down all
the leads and clues. And in a brutal tale of blood and money he uncovers
some shocking and bitter truths.-
Lost!
(1986)
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Celebrity: A Story of Fame, Passion, and Vengeance
(1982)
Novel that explores the impact of fame on three men
who grew up in Fort Worth -- one of them a journalist who covered the
Kennedy assassination. -
Richie
(1974, 1989)
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Serpentine: A True Odyssey of Love and Murderous Evil
(1979, 2001)
This acclaimed book reconstructs the bizarre, bloody
journey of a mesmerizing but sinister young man named Charles Sobhraj.
Journeying back and forth over half the globe - from the boulevards of
Paris to the slopes of Mount Everest to the underbellies of Bangkok and
Hong Kong - Sobhraj left in his wake a trail of baffling mystery and
inexplicable horror. He also led the police of a dozen nations on a chase
that ended at least twelve and possibly twenty-four corpses later with a
mere seven-year prison sentence in Delhi. Since when he has been
released...In masterly fashion Thompson examines the lives not only of the
intelligent, charismatic, conscienceless and thoroughly dangerous Sobhraj
but also of the unsuspecting victims that he drugged, robbed, sometimes
tortured and without a qualm killed. First published in 1979,
Serpentine continues to offer a reading experience as frightening as
it is unforgettable.
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Hell and High Water: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck and Survival
(1975)
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Hearts: Of Surgeons and Transplants, Miracles and Disasters Along the Cardiac
Frontier (1973)
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