Evidence of Love

A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs

By: John Bloom, Jim Atkinson

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Paperback | 2 January 2018

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392 Pages

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The “fascinating” true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community (Los Angeles Times Book Review).

Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.

On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty’s utility room that morning was all too real.

Based on exclusive interviews with the Gore and Montgomery families, Edgar Award finalist Evidence of Love is the “superbly written” account of a gruesome tragedy and the trial that made national headlines when the defendant entered the most unexpected of pleas: not guilty by reason of self-defense (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).

Adapted into the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning television movie A Killing in a Small Town—as well as the new limited series Candy on Hulu and Love and Death on HBO Max—this chilling tale of sin and savagery will “fascinate true crime aficionados” (Kirkus Reviews).

Industry Reviews

“A bizarre story well-researched and superbly written and told with just enough suspense to keep the reader turning pages.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“An extraordinary book . . . As compelling as the best fiction and as thorough as the best history.” —Dallas Times Herald

“Gripping as true crime drama, the book is also distinguished by its social and psychological insights.” —Library Journal

“Carefully researched . . . this middle-American tragedy should fascinate true-crime aficionados.” —Kirkus Reviews

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