On a late summer night in 2007, Phil and Beth Porter celebrated their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary with their wealthy Greenwich, CT friends. Then, they went home and made love with the passion of two people connected on a nearly cellular level. After which, Beth gave Phil a cocktail of drugs that killed him and then called the police to let her know that she'd done so. It was the last thing she would say on the topic. Devin Greene is a rising star at a local arts-and-entertainment weekly paper. When his editor assigns him to write a piece on the Porter murder, he has no idea why. He doesn't do crime stories. Yes, the Porters were major benefactors to the arts, but . . . he doesn't do crime stories. And what needs to be said about this one? Beth Porter admitted to the murder, which means Phil Porter was either abusing her, cheating on her, or both. But once Devin starts working on the story, he finds himself drawn inexorably into it. By all indications, the Porters had a dream marriage to go along with their privileged lives. There's no indication that Phil is a bad guy or that Beth has a homicidal bone in her body. And yet she admitted to killing her husband before going completely silent. Which leads to one enormously elusive question. Why? Devin finds himself obsessing over the story, causing him to redefine everything he thought he knew about relationships, secrets, and the inner workings of the human heart. The fate of Beth and Phil Porter has gotten into his soul, even affecting his romance with a woman with whom he is getting very serious. His research takes him places no where else is going, because Devin is driven by a relentless need: the need to know why. At once a suspense story and a love story, Why She Killed Him takes readers into the hearts of a deeply relatable, deeply complex cast of characters to tell a tale that will keep you wondering until the very end.
Industry Reviews
"A unique story with plenty to ponder and excite, Blue will prove moving and very hard to put down."-- "Midwest Book Review" "Author Lou Aronica creates a world that manages to be both surreal and tangible. Reading this book is like experiencing a lucid dream with depth and detail that play on all five senses."-- "Blogcritics" "Blue is an emotional, thought-provoking story that reaches in and squeezes the heart.... Blue made me cry and laugh. It enlivened my imagination and offered hope. This story is full of subtleties that tease the mind. I'm sure new wonders will come to light each time the story is read--it is a story to be enjoyed more than once. Becky and her Tamarisk Kingdom will be remembered long after the last words of Blue are read."-- "Long and Short Reviews" "Take a trip with Lou Aronica that brings back your love of magic and everything it can make possible as you immerse yourself in his thought-provoking, creative novel, Blue.... A story to remember and cherish, Blue and Lou Aronica have a few surprises in store that will leave you will wondering "what if?" Blue by talented Lou Aronica will become a resident of your keeper shelf, a book to pull out and read again and each time you will find something more in its pages."-- "Single Titles"
