title: Crazymaker: The Shocking True Story of Murder and Betrayal in an American Family
author: Thomas O'Donnell
description: There's a morbidly gripping story within this overlong, somewhat dubious true-crime tale. Ed Hobson, a working-class widower fresh from a disastrous marriage, fixates on Sueanne Sallee, a queenly divorcee from suburban Kansas City. After Ed agrees to Sueanne's financial demands, they marry and merge their troubled families. But Sueanne, a master manipulator, battles Ed's son Chris for control of Ed. Eventually, she offers her son Jimmy money to kill Chris and discards Chris's billfold to suggest that he ran away. Jimmy's accomplice soon spills the beans. A stranger story ensues. Ed divorces Sueanne--who has denied any role in the conspiracy--but remarries her four months later, claiming to believe in her innocence. He sticks by her even as she goes on trial and is convicted of murder. O'Donnell ( The Confessions of T. E. Lawrence ) has tracked down a wealth of details to reconstruct the protagonists' lives and psyches. However, he too often employs lengthy expository quotes and protracted stretches of trial transcript. Moreover, O'Donnell neglects to inform the reader of his sources (interviews? court documents?), thus weakening his reconstructions' legitimacy. The 1980 crime is also explored in Andy Hoffman's Family Affairs , forthcoming from Pocket in June. Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and Mystery Guild alternates. <BR>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  #### THOSE  
  
  
  WHO  
  
  
  TRESPASS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### **A NOVEL OF MURDER AND TELEVISION**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### **BILL O’REILLY**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **BROADWAY BOOKS**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover Page
  
  
  
  
  
  Title Page
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedication
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 2
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 3
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 4
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 5
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 6
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 7
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 8
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 9
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 10
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 11
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 12
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 13
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 14
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 15
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 16
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 17
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 18
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 19
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 20
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 21
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 22
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 23
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 24
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 25
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 26
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 27
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter 28
  
  
  
  
  
  Epilogue
  
  
  
  
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  About the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by Bill O’Reilly
  
  
  
  
  
  Praise for _Those Who Trespass_
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright Page
  
  
  
  
  
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  **This book is dedicated to the women in my life:  
  
  
  Maureen, Mom, Makeda, and Janet.**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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