Bitter harvest : a woman's fury, a mother's sacrifice

Summary: On the night of October 23,rd-24th, 1995, in Prairie Village, Kansas, a fierce, wind-driven fire devastated the luxurious mansion of Dr. Debora Green and her husband, Dr. Michael Farrar. Trapped and burned to death in the flames were twelve-year-old Tim Farrar and his six-year-ol sister, Kelly. Lissa, ten, was barely able toleap to safety from the garage roof while her mother, arms outstretched, urged her to hump. when Micahel Farrar arrived on the scene, he had lost more than his childrend and his house. His entire life was in ruins. The fire was the climactic event of Michael and Debora's lives. Until that summer, they seemed to have it all, a happy marriage, successful medical practices, three bright and beautiful children. Then Then they went on a trip to Peru with their son. There, they met attractive, blond Celeste Walker, whose husband, John, was also a successful doctor. But after the trip, nothing was the same for either couple, and all th dark, submerged foreboding in Debora nd Michael's marriage bubbled to the surface in a series of almost unbelievable horrors. First there was Tim's rebellious behavior, which eruped into physical violence against his father. Then there was Michael's illness, mysterious episodes so violent that he had to be hospitalized and come close to death. Then John Walker was found dead in his garage, was it suicide or murder? Perhaps most inexplicable of all was Debora herself, whose peronality and even appearence underwent dramatic changes that summer. bitter Harvest is the chronicle of this tragedy in the heartland of America, the true sotry of the disintegratin of a marriage and its horrifying consequences. Ann Rule has no equal in the delineation of the aberrant criminal mind. As in her earlier books, she takes her readers deep into the psyche of a killer whose behavior, so twisted and so evil, defies belief. Her book is also the sotry of the tireless and skillful arson investigators, forensic scientists, and prosecutors who finally brought that killer to justice.