<div>New York Times Bestseller: The &ldquo;gripping&rdquo; true story of a beautiful Texas socialite, her ambitious husband, and a string of mysterious deaths (Los Angeles Times). Joan Robinson Hill was a world-class equestrian, a glamorous member of Houston high society, and the wife of Dr. John Hill, a handsome and successful plastic surgeon. Her father, Ash Robinson, was a charismatic oil tycoon obsessed with making his daughter&rsquo;s every dream come true. Rich, attractive, and reckless, Joan was one of the most celebrated women in a town infatuated with money, power, and fame. Then one morning in 1969, she fell mysteriously ill. The sordid events that followed comprise &ldquo;what may be the most compelling and complex case in crime annals&rdquo; (Ann Rule, bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me). From the elegant mansions of River Oaks, one of America&rsquo;s most exclusive neighborhoods, to a seedy underworld of prostitution and murder-for-hire, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Thomas Thompson tracks down every bizarre motive and enigmatic clue to weave a fascinating tale of lust and vengeance. Full of colorful characters, shocking twists, and deadly secrets, Blood and Money is &ldquo;an absolute spellbinder&rdquo; and true crime masterpiece (Newsweek). </div>

Blood and Money

<div>New York Times Bestseller: This in-depth account of Charles Sobhraj, the serial killer portrayed in Netflix miniseries The Serpent, is &ldquo;compulsive reading&rdquo; (The Plain Dealer). There was no pattern to the murders, no common thread other than the fact that the victims were all vacationers, robbed of their possessions and slain in seemingly random crimes. Authorities across three continents and a dozen nations had no idea they were all looking for same man: Charles Sobhraj, aka &ldquo;The Serpent.&rdquo; A handsome Frenchman of Vietnamese and Indian origin, Sobhraj targeted backpackers on the &ldquo;hippie trail&rdquo; between Europe and South Asia. A master of deception, he used his powerful intellect and considerable sex appeal to lure na&iuml;ve travelers into a life of crime. When they threatened to turn on him, Sobhraj murdered his acolytes in cold blood. Between late 1975 and early 1976, a dozen corpses were found everywhere from the boulevards of Paris to the slopes of the Himalayas to the back alleys of Bangkok and Hong Kong. Some police experts believe the true number of Sobhraj&rsquo;s victims may be more than twice that amount. Serpentine is the &ldquo;grotesque, baffling, and hypnotic&rdquo; true story of one of the most bizarre killing sprees in modern history (San Francisco Chronicle). Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Thomas Thompson&rsquo;s mesmerizing portrait of a notorious sociopath and his helpless prey &ldquo;unravels like fiction, but afterwards haunts the reader like the document it is&rdquo; (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland). </div>

Serpentine

<div>Pioneer heart surgeons and bitter rivals: The &ldquo;thoroughly engrossing&rdquo; true story of doctors Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley (The New York Times Book Review). By 1970, the Texas Medical Center in Houston was the leading heart institute in the world, home to the field&rsquo;s two most distinguished surgeons: Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey and his young and ambitious disciple, Dr. Denton Arthur Cooley. Their combined mastery in occlusive disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty, and heart transplants was unparalleled. For years they worked across the same operating table focused on, and fighting toward, the same lifesaving goals. But what began as a personal friendship and a mutually respectful professional partnership soon deteriorated into a jealous and embittered feud. Though their discord was a cause c&eacute;l&egrave;bre among colleagues, it would take award-winning investigative journalist Thomas Thompson to uncover the stunning betrayals and simmering resentments that fueled one of the most famous rivalries in the history of medicine. Weaving the story of DeBakey and Cooley with the stories of patients suffering life-threatening medical conditions, Thompson paints a fascinating portrait of the risks and rewards of cutting-edge science. From devastating tragedies to miraculous breakthroughs, Hearts is a richly detailed and utterly &ldquo;compelling&rdquo; account of the turmoil and tension behind one of the greatest medical achievements of the twentieth century (Time). </div>

Hearts

<div>The &ldquo;powerful and moving&rdquo; true story of a Long Island family torn apart by drugs, violence, and the unbridgeable divide between generations (Kirkus Reviews). George Diener, World War II veteran and traveling salesman, and his wife, Carol, had old-fashioned values and ordinary aspirations: a home, a family, the pleasure of watching their two sons grow up. But in February 1972, an unthinkable tragedy occurred in the basement of their Nassau County residence, shattering their hopes and dreams forever. George and Carol doted on their shy eldest son, Richie. But at fifteen, the boy fell into a devastating downward spiral. He started smoking marijuana, shoplifting, and hanging out with drug dealers, and was soon arrested for assault and expelled from school. By the time his parents sought psychiatric counseling for their son, Richie was addicted to barbiturates and given to violent outbursts and threats. The boy George and Carol knew was long gone. Then, one winter evening, Richie came at his father with a steak knife and a suicidal cry of &ldquo;Shoot!&rdquo; Edgar Award&ndash;winning author Thomas Thompson delivers a &ldquo;scary, harrowing&rdquo; account of a turbulent era in American history when the gulf between young and old, bohemian and conservative, felt wider and more dangerous than ever before (The New York Times Book Review). A tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, the devastating account of George and Carol Diener&rsquo;s nightmare was adapted into The Death of Richie, a television movie starring Ben Gazzara, Eileen Brennan, and Robby Benson as Richie. </div>

Richie

<div>From the bestselling author of Blood and Money: A haunting true story of three people locked in a fierce struggle against time and the sea&mdash;and each other. In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a thirty-one-foot trimaran down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but ten days into the cruise, the party encountered a freak storm off the coast of northern California. When gale-force winds and fifty-foot waves capsized their boat, the voyage became a nightmare. For seventy-two days, the trio was lost at sea. Challenged by nature and compromised by a bitter rivalry, their courage and will to live was put to the ultimate test. Jim, the owner and skipper of the boat, was a devout fundamentalist whose recognition of God&rsquo;s will in every event brought him into increasing conflict with his brother-in-law. As the two men battled to take control of a dire situation, Linda kept a secret that would lead to heartrending tragedy. A &ldquo;hair-raising&rdquo; (Houston Chronicle) account of shipwreck and survival and a searing portrait of faith without reason, Lost! is an unforgettable true story from &ldquo;a writer of tremendous power and achievement&rdquo; (Detroit Free Press). </div>

Lost!

<div>New York Times Bestseller: Three former friends bound by ambition, fame, and a dark secret reunite in this spellbinding saga from the author of Blood and Money. They were the princes of their high school in Fort Worth, Texas. Valedictorian Kleber Cantrell became a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist who befriended the famous and exposed the notorious. Mack Crawford, teenage Adonis and University of Texas football hero, used his good looks to jumpstart an acting career. And T.J. Luther, voted &ldquo;most popular&rdquo; by the senior class, fell into a lurid life of crime but found God in prison and reinvented himself as the nation&rsquo;s leading right-wing televangelist, his message of faith masking an all-consuming desire for power and revenge. The different routes Kleber, Mack, and T.J. took to celebrity share common signposts: personal upheavals, ruinous marriages, petty jealousies, and blind ambition. Now, on the eve of their twenty-fifth high school reunion, their separate paths will cross to devastating effect&mdash;because these three friends have something else in common. It happened in an isolated cabin in the Texas woods on the night they graduated. They vowed never to speak of it again, but they always knew there would be a terrible price to pay . . . A unique blend of fiction and autobiography, Celebrity is an &ldquo;enthralling&rdquo; tale of suspense from an Edgar Award&ndash;winning author whose journalism career gave him a front-row seat to the tumultuous lives of the rich and famous (TheBoston Globe). A six-month national bestseller, it was the basis for a television miniseries starring Ned Beatty, Hal Holbrook, and James Whitmore </div>

Thomas Thompson

Books By Thomas Thompson (6 Books)

Blood and Money

Serpentine

Hearts

Richie

Lost!

Celebrity

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Books By Thomas Thompson (6 Books)

Blood and Money

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Hearts

Richie

Lost!

Celebrity

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