03034cam a2200337 4500 604279232 TxAuBib 20220907120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781633887770 1633887774 B09QMMV98C Amazon f32a3d93-3a72-4e26-9dbe-d08588d9c7cb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8110239 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Martin, Bitty. Snake Eyes [Libby eBook] : Murder in a Southern Town. Prometheus, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2337kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Arkansas. HTML:<p>By 1966, Hot Springs, Arkansas wasn't your typical sleepy little Southern town. Once a favorite destination for mobsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, illegal activities continued to lure out-of-state gamblers, flim-flam men, and high rollers to its racetracks, clubs, and bordellos. Still, the town was shaken to its core after a girl was found dead on a nearby ranch. The ranch owner claimed it was an accident. Then the rancher was found to be the killer of another woman – his fourth wife.</p> <p>The story begins when 13-year-old Cathie Ward was found dead after horseback riding at Blacksnake Ranch on the outskirts of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Frank Davis, the owner of the ranch, tells authorities Cathie's death is an accident. He claims her foot caught in a stirrup and she was dragged to her death despite his pursuit of the runaway horse. People who know the 42-year-old skilled horseman don't believe his story, and soon rumors of her rape and murder begin swirling around town.</p> <p>The rumors reach a crescendo after Davis viciously guns down his fourth wife and mother-in-law in broad daylight outside of a laundromat. Davis is arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Soon after, Hot Springs authorities re-open the investigation into Cathie Ward's death.</p> <p>Snake Eyes is the first book to examine this decades-old murder and cover-up, and the only in-depth account of the man who would become the town's most notorious villain. Featuring personal interviews, crime scene records, court documents, and Davis' own prison files, author and lifelong Hot Springs resident Bitty Martin reveals the true story for the first time.</p>. True Crime. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-06 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f32a3d93-3a72-4e26-9dbe-d08588d9c7cb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f32a3d93-3a72-4e26-9dbe-d08588d9c7cb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f32a3d93-3a72-4e26-9dbe-d08588d9c7cb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)