Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder

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The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her beautiful daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family. The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful and aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed
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The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her beautiful daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family. The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful and aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?

In this powerful and riveting tale of three families connected by marriage and murder.of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives, building to a truly horrifying climax that will leave you stunned..

In this unrelenting real-life drama of three wealthy families connected by marriage and murder, Bledsoe recounts the shocking events, obsessive love, and bitter custody battles that led toward the bloody climax that took nine lives. Reissued to coincide with Bledsoe's new hardcover Blood Games (11/91).

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This book recreates a complex case that claimed nine lives, one of the more shocking crimes of recent years. The links in all the deaths were Susan Lynch and her cousin Fritz Klenner, each from a prominent, upper-middle-class Southern family. The murders began with the shootings of Lynch's ex-mother-in-law and ex--sister-in-law in Kentucky, and continued with the slayings of her parents and grandmother in North Carolina. What connected the killings was the bitter divorce between Susie and her husband Tom, and the impending custody battle for their children, particularly since it became increasingly clear that Susie regarded the boys as pawns in a power struggle. The deaths that she prepared for her two sons, and which inadvertently killed her and Klenner as well, provide a dramatic climax to this account of families too blind to realize that well-bred folk can be dangerous. Bledsoe wrote an award-winning series about the case in 1985 in the Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record. Photos not seen by PW. BOMC, QPBC and Mystery Book Club alternates. (August)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451402103
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 4/28/1989
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 576
  • Sales rank: 97,182
  • Product dimensions: 6.72 (w) x 4.26 (h) x 1.55 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 7, 2008

    Just read 'Bitter Blood' again . . .

    The first time I read this book was close to 20 years ago. I came across my worn copy last week, pulled it out and started reading it all over again. It has to be the most mesmerizing story I have ever read. It is very well written and impossible to put down. The first time I read it, my husband and I were going to Winston-Salem on business in our black Blazer! We live two hours west of the area where the crimes were committed, and the streets, landmarks, etc., were all so familiar. Many of the names mentioned in the book are names we know and have heard all our lives: ie, Susie Sharp, Jesse Helms, Terry Sanford. I have relatives both in Winston-Salem and Greensboro and it is mind-boggling that these events actually happened so close to home. Bledsoe's research is impeccable and he humanizes the victims and their families with details. What a nightmare for these families to live through! I will always wonder just how much Susie knew and what her involvement was in the murders.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 2, 2008

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    Upon moving to winston salem 20 years ago I read the book. It was wonderfuly written. Several years ago the home came on the market in WS where the families were murdered. We considered it since it is a beautiful estate, but considering it' history had to pass.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 31, 2007

    Reads Like A Novel

    Before I read this book, I wasn¿t a big fan of the ¿True Crime¿ genre. I tried to read the Zodiac book, but it felt more like a police report than anything else. You couldn¿t really connect with the people involved. At least I couldn¿t. So I was hesitant to read this one. I live around Winston-Salem, where most of the action in the book takes place, and it seems like everyone around here has read it and loved it. So I gave it a shot. I¿m so glad I did. The book reads like a novel. It¿s not just boring lifeless facts. I was also impressed with how Mr. Bledsoe handled the story. It¿s a massive, complex tale and the author was able to take you through it step by step so you never get lost. If you normally aren¿t a fan of True Crime, I suggest you try out this book anyway. It rivals any fiction mystery out there.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2004

    I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS STORY, AMAZING

    THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORY YOU WILL EVER READ! No writer of fiction could have ever conceived of such a story. When they say fact is stranger this fiction, it is true. Once you start to read this book, you can't put it down, you can't think of anything but the story, and you certainly are shocked by the ending - I actually burst out in tears with shock and sorrow. Amazing. Buy it, read it, and let's get Jerry Bledsoe to write more than three true crime books (the other two are good books as well) but Bitter Blood is a book you will NEVER forget!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 18, 2004

    best book!!

    WoW!! I read this book about 12 years ago and I still remember it being so remarkable! I bought a small book titled,'What I read ' because I'd like to start keeping track of all the books I've read, etc.. I thought for just a few seconds as to 'The best book I've ever read' and it defiantely is 'Bitter Blood'. Excellent!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 28, 2002

    Killer Book!

    Bitter Blood was one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It was so vivid and describing that it never left me hanging or wishing that I had never picked up the book in the first place to read it. I absolutely couldn't put it down. I look forward to reading some of his other books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 20, 2002

    Highly recommended

    One of the best books I have ever read and I have read many true crime books. Mr Bledsoe has more than done his homework for this one. He indeed leaves no stone uncovered. It is a page turner from beginning to end.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 27, 2002

    One of the most memorable true crime stories I've ever read!!

    So interesting, of course I couldn't put it down. Such good writing. And the story is absolutely un-believable. Bledsoe is one of the best!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 18, 2000

    Fantastic read!

    I used to live in Greensboro at the time the explosion occured. I also knew one of the family members, a classmate of mine from grad school at UNCGreensboro. I can even remember the hailstorm the day of the explosion. I currently live in Lexington, KY, about a block away from where Susie Lynch lived with Tom. This book is well written. Fantastic read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 14, 2000

    A MUST READ TRUE CRIME

    I READ JERRY BLEDSOE WHEN HE WROTE FOR THE THE GREENBORO NEWS AND RECORD. BITTER BLOOD WAS THE FIRST BOOK I READ BY HIM. IT WAS A BOOK THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT DOWN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SO THIS MADE THE BOOK THAT MUCH MORE INTERESTING. I LOVE THE WAY HE COVERS FAMILY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND IN NEARLY EVERYTHING HE WRITES. BITTER BLOOD IS FULL OF CHILLING SUSPENSE.THE STORY FOLLOWS THESE FAMILIES FROM BEGINNING TO END. A MUST READ FOR ANY ONE THAT ENJOYS TRUE CRIME.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 25, 2000

    Best True Crime book I have ever read

    I have read this book several times. Each time, I realize another aspect of the people invloved. It is a gripping tale from start to finish. I only hope the survivors have found some peace in their lives after such a tragedy.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 17, 2000

    Following in the Anne Rule format!

    Since I'm a devotee of Anne Rule I look for similar true life crime stories. This surely fulfilled my hopes of finding an author in her tradition. The insight that Bledsoe gives of each and every character brings the reader right into the midst of such an extraordianry family horror. As each murder unfolds , one can't imagine that something worse is yet to come - but it does culminating in the deaths of those two dear little boys. we are surely left with the hope that social service agencies, law enforcement groups and domestic relation lawyers may learn from this tragedy since it must have affected many. many lives in that section of the country. It definitely is a 5 star book!

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    Posted October 22, 2008

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