Playing with Fire

The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal

De: John Glatt

Narrado por: Shaun Grindell

Duración: 10 h y 18 m

Resumen del Editor

A beautiful nurse. A lethal injection. A gruesomely charred corpse.

Nothing could have shocked the sleepy community of Morgantown, West Virginia, more than the lurid details that surfaced after a house fire claimed the life of Shelly Michael's husband, Jimmy. Local authorities suspected possible arson. Then they discovered that Jimmy had been dead before the fire even started - paralyzed by a fatal dose of muscle relaxant....

Did Shelly Michael, a respected nurse and mother, kill her second husband and torch her own home? Were the rumors true that she'd had an affair with her husband's employee only two weeks before the murder? Or did she kill Jimmy simply for the insurance money? Charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson, Shelly would never stop claiming her innocence - even to this day.

©2010 John Glatt (P)2020 Tantor

Well Presented

A straightforward account of a horrible murder. The narrator was first class.
I'll be buying more Audible from this author.

I Fell Asleep

Very slow telling of a not so exciting or mind boggling murder. Way too many characters introduced that didn’t really have a whole lot to do with the murder. I kept falling asleep and eventually slept through the end. I didn’t even back it up to hear the verdict.

Wonderful

This was a great book, takes a minute to understand the players but you will if you hang in there and once you know you won’t be able to stop listening. A must listen. Money well spent

A Podcast Stretched to a Book.

It’s not a whodunnit, you know who did it. So many peripheral characters are introduced, but they’re really just filler and add nothing to understanding the tawdry motivations behind the murder. I’m two hours from the end and don’t care anymore.

a despicable person ...GREAT BOOK

A LITTLE MUCH IN THE DETAIL DEPARTMENT but that makes you understand the dynamics of the situation and the resulting crime which was pure evil....

well written and disturbing

Well told

I listened to the podcast on this and the book is way more informative. Well written and enjoyed how evry detail was in it.

Slow to start

Interesting, story, don’t know how anyone could believe Shelly Michael would be innocent… just the way she was would make me not trust her.

Cold Blooded!!

I've listened to alot of true crime on audible with many different scenarios but This one was off the charts chilling and pure evil, lacking any sense of empathy or remorse. Chilling!!

Good Book

Good book to listen to. Good story and good job on the narration.
What is hard for me to believe is as smart as Shelly was, she thought her lies were convincing. She had such an ego and I can only assume she is still declaring her innocence.

All the detail you could want

I've seen the TV versions of this story, and this book is so, so much more thorough. The presentation of the story, the depictions of the main characters and the details of the investigation and the trial are great. People who like getting into the weeds of stories like this are going to be riveted by it; others who prefer a bird's eye view, not so much. I also enjoyed the measured pace of the narration. It was easy to tell from the writing that the book wasn't written by an American, and having a British narrator seemed appropriate and after a while I didn't even notice it. This audiobook exceeded my expectations.