Then No One Can Have Her (True Crime) by Caitlin Rother

Paperback:  "I hope that people could appreciate the sense of wonder and mystery that live in the quiet stillness of their hearts, where they could drop down in and tell the truth.  At any moment, any one of us can make a choice but it's a choice that has to be made, that I'm going to stop doing this other thing that I've been doing, and I'm going to choose to tell the truth now...some folks may tell malicious falsehoods to get ahead but even when they try to live right and systematically, they can still betray something deeper in themselves." - Carol Kennedy (1954-2008)

She thought she had married her soulmate but when Carol Kennedy could no longer tolerate her husband's reckless womanizing and out-of-control spending, the peaceful and loving artist, therapist and mother-of-two had to let him go.

On 2 July 2008, just weeks after their divorce, Carol was found in her Arizona ranch home - bludgeoned to death with a golf club.  Her ex, Steven DeMocker, was the prime suspect.  Yet it took the authorities months to arrest him and years to convict.

On this roller-coaster ride to justice, the evolving criminal investigation into Kennedy's murder continues even after DeMocker is behind bars as he pulls his girlfriend and family into his schemes, resulting in additional charges and a new defense team.  Meanwhile, as judges play musical chairs, prosecutors and defense attorneys exchange ethical allegations and evidence of a contaminated DNA changes the whole landscape of the case.

Packed with twists and turns, this powerful real-life account reveals every bizarre detail of this compelling case.  Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Caitlin Rother presents an unforgettable story of love turned to obsession, and a family torn apart forever in Then No One Can Have Her (2015).

About the author:  Caitlin Rother, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, worked as an investigative reporter at daily newspapers for nineteen years before deciding to write books full-time.  Her work has been published in Cosmopolitan, the Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Daily Beast.  She has appeared as a crime expert on E! Entertainment, the Oxygen Network, Investigation Discovery, Greta Van Susteren’s “On the Record,” XM Radio and the American Radio Network.  She also teaches narrative non-fiction, journalism, and creative writing at UCSD Extension in San Diego, CA, where she resides.