Needle Work

A Michigan couples affair leads to two grisly murders by heroin injection in this true crime account from the acclaimed author of Lobster Boy. When Carol Giless friend Nancy Billiter was found deadshe had been bound, sexually violated, and injected with a lethal dose of battery acid and heroindetectives in Michigan traced Billiters death back to Giles and her boyfriend, Tim Collier. Police also learned that the diabolical duo shared another secret: They had murdered Giless husband, Jessie. Jessie, who had died months before Billiter, was disinterred, and an autopsy proved hed been given a lethal shot of heroin instead of his prescribed insulin. Homebound and diabetic, Jessie was a heroin dealer. Police determined that Gileswho was fed up with taking care of her husband and childrenalong with her lover, Collier, had stolen the fatal dose from Jessies own drug supply. The cops surmised that Billiters death might have been due to her knowledge of the couples plot. In their dramatic trial, Giles and Collier turned against each other, but both were eventually convicted of murder.