Gifted with a brilliant mind, blessed with a beautiful family- and cursed with a destructive madness. In this harrowing New York Times bestseller, Ann Rule is at her masterful best as she winnows horrific truths from the ashes of what seemed like paradise in Prairie Village, Kansas. Rule probes the case of Debora Green,a doctor and a loving mother who seemed to epitomize the dreams of the American heartland. A small-town girl with a genius IQ, she achieved an enviable life: her own medical practice, a handsome physician husband, three perfect children, and an opulent home in an exclusive Kansas City suburb. But when a raging fire destroyed that home and took two lives, the trail of clues led investigators to a stunning conclusion. Piece by piece, Ann Rule digs beneath this placid Midwestern facade to unveil a disturbing portrait of strangely troubled marriages, infidelity, desperation, suicide, and escalating acts of revenge that forever changed dozens of lives. Publisher Fact Sheet. A fast-paced political thriller which spins a tale of assassination, deceit & revenge that moves from the Oval Office, to the dark waters of the Chesapeake, to the sterile subterranean chambers of the CIA. Ann Rule probes the mind of Debora Green, a successful doctor and loving mother who seemed to epitomize the dreams of the American heartland- until a murderous rage brought the destruction of her family.