EVIDENCE OF LOVE

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Summary: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Review: I bought this book many years ago, after reading an excerpt in Cosmopolitan magazine. I remember when this happened, because I live in Texas and it was in the newspaper. I have re-read the book many times, hoping to finally understand things from Candy's point of view, such as it is....This book is well-written and spell-binding. I don't feel that the authors were "sympathetic" to Candy; they seemed quite objective to me. There was no need to be sympathetic anyway, she did what she did, and she was very lucky she got the jury that she did.

I do wish very much that this book had photographs. And I wish that I knew what happened to everyone in the book years later. I read somewhere a long time ago that Pat and Candy had moved to Georgia and had separated. And that the Gore children (grown now)still resent Candy, needless to say. I just wonder how Candy thinks about the killing in her own mind, every day....It probably doesn't bother her much since she simply went about her business afterward and had no plans to reveal what happened. "I did not hold off because of the prints." Amazing.

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Summary: You must read this book...
Review: I was fortunate to find this book. I have wanted to read the book after working as an extra in the made-for-tv movie based upon the story called "A Killing in a Small Town" that was filmed in Dallas in the mid-80s. Even with knowing the outcome of the story, I found the book to be incredibly spellbinding. The authors do a marvelous job of telling the story in a way that builds the suspense and also follows the logical progression of events. I highly recommend this book for everyone. Also, see the movie if you can. Check it out.

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Summary: Evidence of Love
Review: My jaw dropped several times as I read the greasly details of this murder case turned self-defense. I feel like I don't need to know the characters of this saga in order to feel the emotions they lived at the time.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a horror story come to life, because while reading it you too will wonder if it is all true.

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Summary: Evidence of Love
Review: My jaw dropped several times as I read the greasly details of this murder case turned self-defense. I feel like I don't need to know the characters of this saga in order to feel the emotions they lived at the time.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a horror story come to life, because while reading it you too will wonder if it is all true.

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Summary: Riveting account of true crime murder
Review: Next to Fatal Vision by Joe McGinness, Evidence of Love is the best true crime book I've ever read. The authors give you so much detail, you feel as though you know these people. How could Candy Montgomery have responded any differently when Betty Gore appeared at the door of the utility room with an ax in her hand? Candy was a remarkable woman to have behaved as she did in the bloody aftermath. Most people would have fallen apart, had a nervous breakdown, run away. What made her tick? Why did Betty Gore threaten Candy with an ax in the first place? Was she just trying to scare Candy, or was she mentally unbalaced? I found myself not understanding Candy's response, for she is such a self-possessed person. On the other hand, only a person with her strength and will to live could have survived that nightmarish enounter in the Gore utility room. I believe John Bloom did an outstanding job researching this "crime", and reporting it. Don't know if he's written others, but intend to find out. Only Fatal Vision (a masterpiece) and In Cold Blood by the fabulous departed Truman Capote are better than Evidence of Love.

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Summary: Won't be able to read fast enough
Review: This is a very exciting book that you cant put down. I would recomend this to anyone who likes to be put at the edge of their seat.

Thanks, Pam Shangle

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Summary: Wonderful True Life Crime
Review: This is one of the best true life crimes I have ever read. You feel as if you know these 2 women. I could not put the book down. It will give you goose bumps will reading. I was just living 5 miles away from where the murder took place and know many of the people who are mentioned in the book. The murder is still the talk of Wylie, Texas. Let me tell you nothing has been left out. Read it if you can find a copy you won't be sorry!

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Summary: Won't be able to read fast enough
Review: This was the first true crime book I ever read. Was in the library in college looking for a book and came across this one. I have read many true crime books since that time but this one always stands out. I have recomended it time and time again and have had everyone agree how incredible it is. I live in Texas only a few miles away from the murder scene. Many of the landmarks were familiar to me. I have read over 100 true crime books since this first introduction to this one but have come across few that are this good. I couldn't read fast enough...truly could NOT put the book down. Another great one is "Lethal Marriage."

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Summary: A "Read-it-Againer"
Review: You find yourself rereading this book every once in a while throughout the years because you can't believe what happened happened. Amazing story with an even more amazing ending. Makes you wish you knew what happened to the survivor of that axe fight. How did her life turn out? One thing's for sure, you never stop trying to figure her out. Was she merely a sociopath or was she just having a bad day? And what about the people on that jury?