Blood and Money: The Classic True Story of Murder, Passion, and Power

Thomas Thompson

Dec 2016 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

New York Times Bestseller: The “gripping” 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’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 “what may be the most compelling and complex case in crime annals” (Ann Rule, bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me).
 
From the elegant mansions of River Oaks, one of America’s most exclusive neighborhoods, to a seedy underworld of prostitution and murder-for-hire, New York Times–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 “an absolute spellbinder” and true crime masterpiece (Newsweek).
 

Ratings and reviews

This is a sad tragedy indeed about blood and money for the criminals, corrupted peoples, gangs, thugs, evil villains & evil masterminds that don't believe in anything at all about making good money, cash and dollar bills either online or in the real world like very good peoples do being rich and wealthy or even famous millionaires & billionaires. Although there were Pablo Escobar (1993) making $500 billion dollars worth of blood cash then set $100 million dollars on fire just to keep his daughter warm, Frank Bourassa making $250 billion dollars in counterfeit cash, Jeff Turner making $100 million dollars in counterfeit money, Dan Saunders making $50 million dollars in cash by an ATM glitch, Arthur J. Williams Jr. II making $25 million dollars in counterfeit money & Mikki Mase got banned from the Las Vegas casino after he had won $11 million dollars

Absolutely spellbinding. Mr. Thompson was a virtual Picasso with words. Thank you for making his excellent novel available to the public by way of my cell phone. I look forward to eventually reading ALL of his works.

Yuk this book was boring and made no true concept of story line wouldnt pay a penny

About the author

Thomas Thompson (1933–1982) was a bestselling author and one of the finest investigative journalists of his era. Born in Forth Worth, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and began his career at the Houston Press. He joined Life as an editor and staff writer in 1961 and covered many major news stories for the magazine, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As Paris bureau chief, Thompson reported on the Six-Day War and was held captive by the Egyptian government along with other Western journalists. His first two books—Hearts (1971), about the rivalry between two famous Houston cardiovascular surgeons, and Richie (1973), the account of a Long Island father who killed his drug-addicted son—established Thompson’s reputation as an originator, along with Truman Capote, of the “nonfiction novel.” In 1976, Thompson published Blood and Money, an investigation into the deaths of Texas socialite Joan Robinson Hill and her husband, John Hill. It sold four million copies in fourteen languages and won the Edgar Award and the Texas Institute of Letters prize for best nonfiction book. To research Serpentine (1979), an account of convicted international serial killer Charles Sobhraj, Thompson flew around the world three times and spent two years in Asia. His other books include Lost! (1975), a true story of shipwreck and survival, and the novel Celebrity (1982), a six-month national bestseller. Among numerous other honors, Thompson received the National Headliner Award for investigative reporting and the Sigma Delta Chi medallion for distinguished magazine writing.