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Inspired by a famous true-life case, the author of the best-selling Blood and Orchids presents a sensational, shocking tale involving the murder of the heir to the R. J. Reynolds tobacco fortune by his showgirl wife.
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A steamy 1930s Southern setting and the vast fortune of a tobacco empire drive this juicy tale of murder and greed, loosely based on the real-life death of an R.J. Reynolds tobacco heir. After seven years, Wyn Ainsley, 25, has returned to his North Carolina hometown, where his father, the sheriff, has just deputized him. Now it's Labor Day, usually an occasion for mirth because of the annual picnic sponsored by the Castletons, a venerable tobacco dynasty. This Labor Day's picnic, however, is soon marred, not only by the "hot and sticky" weather but by the discovery of the body of Kyle Castleton, 22, found shot to death. What at first appears a suicide becomes a scandalous murder case involving Kyle's new bride, former Broadway star Faith Venable, and the deceased's boyhood friend, Boyd Fredericks, who comes from humbler folk. Greed descends quickly upon the Castletons when they realize that controlling stocks, which can be inherited only by blood heirs, are at stake because Faith is pregnant. The community, which is dominated by the KKK and dependent on Castleton money, rallies around the family, destroying the lives and livelihoods of those who seek justice. As Wyn unravels a complicated network of lies, he gets a harsh education in the ways of power, love and the law as his own infatuation with Faith nearly blinds him to the truth. For good measure, Katkov (Blood & Orchids) orchestrates yet further deaths and couplings to flavor his melodrama as it careens entertainingly through scenes of overweening power, unscrupulous ambition and destructive sexual appetite.
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With his best-seller Blood & Orchids (1983), Katkov introduced a world of glamour and deceit to millions of readers and also to millions of television viewers when the novel was made into an ABC miniseries. In Millionaire's Row, Katkov produces another world of glamour, corruption, violence, and sex that is based on the real-life suicide of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco heir. When Kyle Castleton, heir to the Castleton tobacco fortune, is discovered shot in the head, suicide is not an acceptable verdict. As deputy sheriff Wyn Ainsley investigates the "murder," he faces opposition from a town corrupted by the Castletons' power and from the sheriff, Wyn's father, who refuses to accept any explanation other than the fact that Kyle's wife, Faith, and his best friend, Boyd, are guilty of the crime. As Faith plays on Wyn's attraction to seduce him into helping her, he gradually pieces the puzzle of Kyle's death together, discovering a hidden evil running through the town that destroys his belief in justice. The novel's dramatic writing style and showy characters should ensure another miniseries. Expect high demand. Melanie Duncan
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- PublisherDutton Adult
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0525938435
- ISBN 13 9780525938439
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Publicity sheet laid in. Inspired by a real-life 1930s American tragedy, Katkov has written another scorching epic of murder, ambition, seduction, and justice in the heart of the Deep South. The year is 1932. The place is North Carolina, the domain of the all-powerful Castleton dynasty, rulers of a vast and wealthy tobacco empire. Beneath their genteel facade, the family extends an iron hand of control and enforces its own law of terror across the back roads of the countryside. Book. Seller Inventory # 013600
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