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Blood Cold
- Fame, Sex, and Murder in Hollywood
- Narrated by: James Conlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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- Deb
- 12-05-21
Very good
I really enjoyed this book. True crime and very interesting. Liked narrator. More sympathy for poor Robert than the victim who was quite a grifter.
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- Patrick King
- 04-06-19
Time for an epilogue?
There's a lot of great information here about the peculiar life of Bonnie Bakley and the history of Robert Blake. Conlan's reading of the work is very well done.
At this point this is an old case and the authors obviously spent a lot of time putting the book together. It certainly merits an epilogue explaining the outcome of the case, the civil case against Blake, Blake's ultimate bankruptcy and whatever has happened since. In finishing the book I felt compelled to look up the information myself as the book leaves you absolutely hanging. This may have been the right way to rush it into print at the time of writing, but you owe it to your work and to the public to update this with the latest information.
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- Janet
- 20-04-15
disappointing
I hoped this would include information regarding the trial. WRONG. that is where it stops.
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- Debi
- 17-05-15
excellent true crime read
Where does Blood Cold rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Definitely well written and informative.. biographies on all characters involved.. it fives a great visual while you're listening..
What did you like best about this story?
The biographical information and investigative work included in the story..
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes..I managed to read the entire book in two sittings..
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A very informative well written book..I really enjoyed this ..
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- sav
- 20-10-16
My favorite audible for the beach!!!!
This is one of the best audible books if you want a crazy true story that's not too scary. They both are human trainwrecks that could not seem to help themselves from colliding.
They both are a very interesting study of character.