“Americans are addicted to high profile crime and anyone who wants to know the secrets behind the criminal mind will not be able to put this book down. Veteran TV news reporter, Jane Velez-Mitchell, has managed to reveal things about our culture that connect each of us to sensational crimes.” – Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice Respected television news journalist, Jane Velez-Mitchell, dissects our nation’s most fascinating recent trials and court cases, unearthing the disturbing secrets of criminals and victims and revealing how they mirror our own lives. |
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O.J. Simpson. JonBenet Ramsey. Robert Blake. Following sensational crimes has become a national pastime. Now veteran journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell goes behind the headlines to probe the dark secrets that lead to shocking crimes. Drawing on thirty years of experience as a reporter, Velez-Mitchell explores how many of us share the very same secrets as killers like Scott Peterson and Andrea Yates. The author also illustrates how easily we can become victims like high schooler Natalee Holloway and honeymooner George Smith, both of whom mysteriously disappeared on vacation. The secrets unearthed are about sex, class, pedigree, race, fetishes, family, religion, childhood trauma and abuse, money and addiction. But, as this book will continuously reveal, all these secrets have one thing in common: they’re poison. They make you sick inside. By seeing how and why the secrets in these cases turned so murderously toxic, we can learn how to extricate ourselves from the quicksand of secrecy and remind ourselves that honesty is always a viable option, even if it doesn’t feel that way. Velez-Mitchell has weighed in on high-profile cases for CNN, Fox News, Court TV and MSNBC. Now, she goes deeper. Why can pregnancy trigger primal, violent urges in the father? Do we really know the depths of our spouse’s mental problems? When we accumulate debt do we become prone to desperate, unthinkable acts? With never-before-seen photographs provided by victims’ families and friends, and court documents, search warrants and transcripts packed with shameful revelations, Secrets Can Be Murder will astound by showing us how little separates our so-called “normal” lives from that of a sociopath. To contact the author please email jane@secretscanbemurder.com |
“Criminals like Scott Peterson think they’re smart, but hardworking crime reporter Jane Velez-Mitchell is smarter. She’s exposed the double lives of rapists and killers who have nothing in common with us…or do they?” “A fascinating look into recent high profile cases and the secrets behind them.” “Jane's keen eye on the nature of the human condition cuts through the criminal veneer like a hot knife through butter.” “There are important lessons to be learned in the pages of this book…a captivating must-read.” “Most authors who write about murder begin and end with the carnage. Jane begins with the carnage and ends with the psychology behind it all. Utterly fascinating.” “A provocative look at crime that reveals the inherent toxicity of secrets we hold and the power available if we choose to free ourselves from their bondage.” “Bone chilling, challenging us to face the dark recesses of our own mind.” “This is a book that reveals our most intimate fears and secrets. You will not be able to put it down once you have begun to read it.” |
