Please Don't Kill Mommy!: The True Story of a man who killed his wife, got away with it, then killed again

by Ruth Schumann and Fannie Weinstein

Book Overview

TIM BOCZKOWSKI GOT MARRIED, STARTED A BUSINESS, AND WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS.HE ALSO KILLED HIS WIFE. On November 4, 1990 Tim Boczkowski phoned 911 in Greensboro, North Carolina to report his wife... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312977204
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Good book, awful crime

This was such an awful set of crimes. Makes you really question the legal system sometimes. It was a great book to read though.

Interesting

This book was a good steady read. A look into what makes people tick to do the unthinkable.

It Was Hard To Write and Sad To Read

I am always reluctant to state I really enjoyed a true crime book. I don't enjoy the pain and suffering of others. I do appreciate and enjoy reading a book when the author, co-author, and participants feel so strongly about an incident they feel compelled to allow the public to peek through the curtain and understand or at least meet the players and learn about the background of such stories. And, in the case of authors like Dominick Dunne, who continue to name the name of his daughter's killer, it keeps the memory of the victims alive and their executioners in the public eye. This was one of those books for me. This was not due to the writing style, which I felt could have been tighter. More of my interest was held by the detailing of the lives of the victims and the people the murders touched. It had to be incredibly painful for the co-author, aunt of one of the victims, to put forth such detail and honesty regarding the time that led up to the murder. Boczkowski was and is a detached psychopath who executed two wives with less thought than it took to choose the colors of tile in his hot tub. His victims were his first wife, Elaine, the mother of his children, and then his second wife Maryann who loved the children as if they were her own and indeed adopted them. The authors spared nothing when it came to character description of all the players in this book and that was appreciated by this reader who could finally read a book in which crime victims are depicted as regular people - not sparkling saints but women who lived normal lives in regular towns, paid bills, agonized over their marriages and sex lives, and houses and relatives. Again it must have been especially difficult for Schumann to relate some details of her niece's life which may have caused the family pain or embarrassment but the messase the telling sends is clear - just because a woman or man is human, warts and all and not perfect, is no rationalization for murder. One of my main problems with the characterization of Nicole Brown Simpson after her death came from both sides of the case; she was a saint - no - she was a promiscuous wild party girl. She was a human being who was brutally slaughtered. That is the only fact that need be considered. The book did seem long but in fairness to the authors, it was quite a story and I felt the sections detailing Tim's strange behavior, his moves from home to home, jobs, etc. were important for the reader to be able to understand how he managed to hide what turned out to be a freakishly twisted personality. I closed the book feeling quite sad for the children and the families of the two women.

Must read if you are a TRUE CRIME junkie!

I totally disagree with our friend from Spokane, Washington. If the book is so bad why is St. Martin's going to a second print? The first print was 80,000 copies which are nearly sold out.Pittsburgh, Pa.

Plan on an all nighter with this one.

Great book, tragic subject

Riveting!!

This is one of the most fascinating and riveting books I've ever read! Ruth Schumann is one fantastic writer, and did a marvelous job of weaving together the pieces of this tragic and shocking story. With an insiders perspective Ruth Schumann paints a vivid picture of a cold and calculated killer who stops at nothing to rob two young women of their lives, and forever change the lives of the young children left without a mommy. Ruth captures with mind numbing detail the coldblooded acts of a heartless man who thought he could get away with murder. I eagerly await the next Ruth Schumann true crime story and I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes there is justice in this world!