![]() ![]() “And now I’m going to have a little Mark Jr.,” Susan went on, having regained her composure. He realized he had been using his index finger to poke at her chest for emphasis. Leave Kathy and my kids out of this.” She looked down with surprise. ![]() “Susan, I’ve given you everything I could. Buddy wasn’t a word she used, and Mark thought he knew where she had picked it up. He had the sense that these were lines someone else had given her. I’ll be goddamned if I’m going to let you prance down to Florida with your little wife and your spoiled kids to resume your wonderful life. “What do you mean me? You’re messing with me, Mark! I know that now. He listened, as if trying to extract from the gloom any sound other than Susan’s short panting.Placing his hand on her shoulder, he said, “Let’s try and work this out instead of acting like a couple of idiots.” This was exactly the kind of lonely dark setting that had led to sex on other occasions, but even the intimation of affection now caused Susan to recoil in revulsion and slap his hand away.“What’s gotten into you, Susan?”The question set her off again. Mark rolled the window down and felt the air on his hot cheeks and burning eyes. Where the sky showed above the ridge, it was filled with stars. Susan’s sobs were the only sound in the darkness. Fighting to keep control of the car, he made out the contours of one of the coal-road turnoffs in his headlights and turned abruptly onto it, bumping about fifty yards up the road and scattering gravel loudly under the car. As they approached the crest of Peter Creek Mountain, she caught her breath and lunged across the seat at him, slapping him with both hands. Kathy Putnam As they drove toward Freeburn and Barrenshee Hollow, Susan sobbed uncontrollably. ![]() Once in the hills, the only turnoffs are narrow gravel roads put in by mine companies who then abandoned the roads when they finished blasting out the coal, leaving behind chewed out mountains. FBI.”Īt the coal town of Meta, he turned right onto Route 194, a narrow two-lane that winds southeast along Johns Creek into the rugged hills that border the Tug Valley. “Ron says they’ll fire you when they find out.” But then she took a breath and her voice was calm. He thought about the two and a half miserable years working grueling hours in Pikeville, the phone calls at three in the morning, the threats, the corruption he saw everywhere he looked, the stress of the impending trial, Kathy’s misery, the intimidating phone calls from Poole, Charlie Trotter wavering in his motel room, the stress of starting a job anew in a high profile bureau like Miami. But unless it was to renounce everything else and stay with her forever, he could not figure out what she expected him to do. ![]() She insisted that the baby was his, and that she would tell the FBI, his wife, and his children about it. Believed to be the first active FBI agent ever to commit homicide, Mark Putnam made headlines for his “crime of passion.” Susan Smith Among those series are the young adult series Fingerprints by Melinda Metz and the thriller series Who Killed Peggy Sue? by Eileen Goudge.ĬAA’s Amanda “Binky” Urban, who represents Roger Angell, said in a statement that “Open Road’s technology is proven to lift sales of previously published books, and it is wonderful that these works by Roger can continue to find a new audience of readers.Joe Sharkey’s true crime account Above Suspicion, soon to be a movie starring Game of Throne’s Emilia Clarke as Susan and Jack Huston as Mark, gives a detailed account of the events leading up to Susan’s death and the aftermath of Mark’s crime. Re-Discovery Lit has also signed an agreement with Alloy Entertainment to republish select Alloy series. Simak and Roger Angell’s Season Ticket and A Day in the Life of Roger. In addition to selling e-books directly from its platform, any print orders from booksellers will be fulfilled by Ingram.Ī sample of the titles currently being republished by Re-Discovery Lit include A Single Rose and Threats and Promises by Barbara Delinsky Ring Around the Sun and The Visitors by Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Clifford D. Re-Discovery is launching with about 200 books on its list. Before Re-Discovery agrees to buy a title, it puts the book through its “vetting engine” to see if has any characteristics of previous titles that have benefitted from Open Road’s marketing efforts, Steinberger said. Open Road is acquiring print, e-book, and audio rights for no advance, but will pay royalties. Mara Anastas has been named publisher of Re-Discovery Lit, and is leading a three-person team at the imprint. ![]()
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