Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder

by Carlton Stowers

Book Overview

On a fall afternoon in 1983, in an upscale Dallas suburb, Rozanne Gailiunas was found stripped, bound to her bed, and shot through the skull. Her four-year-old son has been napping peacefully in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312982143
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Open Secrets

Very good reading. Keeps your interest.

A MUST READ!!

I saw the movie before I read the book and the book of course tells so much more then the movie. Many things in the movie are put in there for glamor. This case is baffling with so many characters the list never stops growing. So many lives ruined from just one evil manipulating woman. I don't know what she did to lure these men in to her web or should I say bed first. Even when she looked her best she was not that attractive. Well looks like manipulation was a deadly art that came easy for this woman and so many people fell victim to her evil web. Great read hard to put down

Full of twists & turns & unsavory characters

This is a fantastic book on a par with Tom Henderson's "Blood Justice". What a great writer! The relationship between Mike Wilson and Joy could be a book in itself. You will sympathize with the investigators, you'll get to know them and the families involved...I wish there was a book about the trial...the more you know, the more you want to know thanks to Carlton Stowers.

A fantastically detailed read

Carlton Stowers has always been one of my favorite true crime writers, and he really delivers with this book. This book and "Careless Whispers" by him are some of my favorite true crime books (and as you can tell by my other reviews I have quite a few favorites). Joy Aylor is a very sick woman who always had to have her way. I do not want to give out too many plot details, you really have to read this book.

WHAT A CASE!!!

My goodness I am going to have to stop reading true crime. True crimes that keeps me so engrossed and inhibit me from getting other things done. I started this book and could not put it down for too long. Even when I was doing other stuff my thoughts were fixated on this novel.Set in Texas, this novel haunts you until the very last page. When Roxanne Gailunas is found murdered in the bedroom of her Dallas, Richardson house, her husband Dr. Peter Gailunas, and her lover Larry Aylor are the prime suspects. However it is not as simple as it looks, as Detective McGowan goes far beyond the call of duty trying with all his nerve and sinew to make some sense of this obscure and complicated occurrence. There are so many characters involved in this case, it takes over five years before the absolute truth is brought to light. Drug addicts, sociopaths, greedy persons who will do anything including murder for a bit of money are all associated with this case. With all it's exciting twists and turns, this should be a ral page turner for all of you out there who truly enjoy true crime.You will be kept on your toes with this well written Carton Stowers novel.

Wow!!!

This is the most engaging book that I have read this year. I picked it up with very low expectations, and couldn't put the book down. Stowers writing style is very engaging. The twists and turns are remarkable. A very nice piece of research and writing.