I have read my share of true crime, some good, some not so good. My Husband's Trying to Kill Me was very good. The writer took the cold, hard facts and laid out the story in an entertaining way. Many true crime novels are on the dry side, even though the core of the story is intriguing. In this day and age, the story is not shocking. In its time, I'm sure it was. The narration was well done. I look forward to reading more of Jim Schutze's books.

3⭐
Genre ~ true crime
Setting ~ New York, Oklahoma, Texas
Publication date ~ March 19, 2024 for my copy, but originally published in 1992!
Est page Count ~ 394 (8 chapters)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 26 minutes
Narrator ~ Jonathan Sleep
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ long chapters, domestic abuse

This takes place in the 1970's and follows Linda's marriage to Robert, an evil man. He verbally and physically abused her. She worked with the FBI in order to bring him down before he kills her first.

The chapters were so long, I mean there were only 8 for an almost 400 page book, so that made the book feel longer to me. The domestic abuse is on page, which I would expect since this is true crime. It was really hard to listen when her son was on page crying for his mother wondering why she wasn't answering his call. Heartbreaking all around.

I do feel like I was duped in that I thought this was a newly released book, but turns out it's a re-release from 32 years ago. I don't know why, but that really bugs me. I don't mind books published years ago, but I'd prefer a heads up, but maybe that's my fault for not doing my research. Overall, I think true crime fans would like this one.

Narration notes:
Jonathan did a good job and I stayed awake the whole time.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this audio ARC. This was a crazy, fun ride! I went into the book blind and am glad I did. I didn't know what was going to happen next. Highly recommend!

OMG! I am a sucker for a good true crime story. I 100% would recommend reading/listening to this book! I listened to the whole book in 1 day!
Trigger warnings: Crime, Domestic violence, language

I did listen to the audio book. Honestly at first I didn't like the narration, however it defiantly improved. I just felt like at the beginning of the book the narrator was trying too hard, or just sounded off, but he did relax and it sounded more natural and was much easier to listen too.

It is hard to tell much about the story w/o spoilers so lets just say....

This book includes a Texas family, murder for hire, FBI, and sounds so insane it's hard to believe its true. Not to mention the twists and turns your not sure what will happen.

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I love reading True Crime books, but this one was a little different. I couldn't tell if the dialogue was meant to be simple/elementary, degrading t0 the intellect of the supposed speakers, or antiquated as in 1940s "wholesome" speech. The story was definitely intriguing enough to be written about... the villain was vile, despicable, and cruel. The victim along with her family and friends, however, were made out to be simple-minded, naive, and hokey to the point of hilarity. When threatened with the death of a loved one IF secret plans were made known.... EVERYONE spread the secret. Literally no one kept their mouths shut. It was as if everyone was a 4-year-old drama queen with no threat of a timeout in the corner. I'm shocked that half of the people in this book didn't get themselves killed through stupidity.
Then again, I'm not sure if these were the true thoughts and actions of the people in the book or if this was a misrepresentation made by the author in errancy or just for entertainment purposes. I'm VERY interested to see other's opinions on this!
Altogether, this was an entertaining book. If it wasn't a true story, this could definitely be made into a blundering comedy movie.

Publication date: March 19th, 2024
Page number: 394
Audio length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Narrator: Jonathan Sleep
Genre: true crime
POV: narrator
Setting: Texas

Great and engaging narration.
Story is stomach turning throughout, showing the depravity of a particular man.
Excessive details.


Thank you to author, publisher, NetGalley for advanced audio copy. This is an honest voluntary review.