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The Good Wife - The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas - cover

The Good Wife - The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas

Clint Richmond

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books

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From a New York Times–bestselling true crime writer, the true story of a devout Christian marriage destroyed by infidelity and murder. 
 
Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in booming Austin, Texas, in the mid-1990s, they were respected leaders in their church and community. As Roger diligently worked his way up the high-tech corporate ladder, Penny kept a pristine home and coached similarly devout young women on how to be perfect wives. But on a windy March evening, this godly woman met the devil head-on. And when the police discovered her lifeless body—repeatedly bludgeoned with a lead pipe, then mutilated with a knife from her own spotless kitchen—they were shocked by the rage and savagery behind her slaying. 
 
The Good Wife is a startling true story of greed, hatred, betrayal, and an unimaginable murder—a tale of the dark decay that can be hidden behind a facade of saintliness when a marriage seemingly made in heaven descends into hell.
Available since: 02/08/2011.
Print length: 377 pages.

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