Not a Very Good Murderer

De: Ronan Farrow

Narrado por: Ronan Farrow

Kidnapping plots, arson, jewel heists, attempted murder–just another day in Paradise...Valley, Arizona.

In this wild, genre-bending audio documentary, New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow dives deep into the strange and storied life of high-society socialite and former Miss Arizona Celia (Cece) Doane.

As a well-to-do ex-beauty queen in the 1970s, Cece had no trouble attracting husbands. She did appear to have some trouble getting rid of them, though. Under seemingly perpetual investigation for attempted murder plots against two of her spouses, she has been a “person of interest” to Arizona law enforcement for decades but never arrested. Did she actually conspire to have her husbands killed? And if so, how has she managed to elude detectives for so many years?

Through countless hours of interviews and painstaking investigative legwork, Farrow examines Cece’s checkered past, exposing a web of half-truths and omissions that shed new light on this shocking and confounding case. But what happens when he realizes that his most important source may also be his most unreliable?

Part true crime thriller, part captivating character study, Not a Very Good Murderer is a fascinating exploration of what it takes to uncover the truth and what it means to keep it buried.

©2025 Ronan Farrow (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC.

OBSESSED!! So well written and so well performed!

Part documentary part true crime part real housewives and totally fascinating! Highly recommend and please do more of these! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trying to figure out the point?

I really enjoy Ronan’s interviewing style and his story writing, and I have loved all of his work so far, so I maybe went into this with too high of expectations. While I thought the premise was interesting, by the final episode, I was searching hard for the point of this story and couldn’t really find one? Maybe someone can help me out there. I did not find there to be many redeeming qualities for Cece, and there was no real resolution, just a lot of ramblings of a narcissist. Ronan’s investigative journalism has been so thought provoking and inspiring to me in the past, but this really fell flat for me. Still, I listened to the whole thing because I enjoy Ronan that much.

Interesting and Well-written

The story was intriguing and while short, was an interesting character study. I liked it enough to purchase another of his works

such an interesting story.

what an interesting story. and great narration. I was very impressed by the author and the care he took to present the facts. I look forward to more. from Ronan.

I'm still unclear what the point was

... like I understand it's a character study and I enjoy listening to Ronan's voice and I feel like he really thoroughly researched her (not particularly fond of listening to CiCi's drunken voice but 🤷‍♀️) but at the end of the day I'm still left feeling like it was a waste of time. Respectfully. I feel like I was set up to get a revelation at the end that just wasn't there...