Every Breath You Take

A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder

De: Ann Rule

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell

America’s #1 true-crime writer unveils the chilling true story of the Sheila Bellush murder, unveiling domestic violence, an obsessive ex-husband, and a desperate plea for justice in this gripping account written at the victim’s request.

“If anything ever happens to me…find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story.”

In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim’s request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush—a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she chronicled with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor.

Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthrone, a handsome charmer—and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was murdered in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila’s every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.

With her careful research and signature reporting, Ann Rule captures Sheila’s harrowing story while honoring a victim’s last request.

One of Ann Rule's Best

Yes, this is very long. However, this was a very complicated case and there were many people involved.
Excellent research and great narration.
The epilogue is very dated though. A Google search will bring you up to date.
This was a hard one to put down and I miss Ann Rule. Her work was fantastic. Lots of details, always compassionately delivered.
5 stars.

By writing this book, Ann Rule met an incredible challenge! Good job Ann!

This book was hard to take at times, but I stuck with it, and I’m glad I did. It was worth it!! WOW!

Very Complex

The immense number of key players in this sad crime story was difficult to follow, albeit necessary to convey.

wow

no words for the story, but the book and narration are outstanding. I think I know where "black cow" came from - Black Kow is a brand of compost made from cow manure. It's been on distro since the '60s. Anyone obsessed with their lawn and landscaping would know about it... the implication is chilling, but not surprising.

I love Ann Rule books

Overall a good book and worth the listen! Thought they didn’t quite pronounce the town of Boerne right, it is more like BURN nee! Lived in Texas for years and thought they could have researched that better.