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Death of a Dream (48 Hours Mystery) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Paul Larosa, Erin Moriarty
Publisher: Pocket Star
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 80222
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416546618
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523097471
EAN: 9781416546610
ASIN: 1416546618
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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Product Description
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH AMBITIOUS DREAMS -- DID FOLLOWING HER HEART COST HER LIFE? Award-winning journalists from TV's 48 Hours Mystery go inside the case that shocked even jaded New Yorkers: the murder of aspiring dancer Catherine Woods. She was a gifted midwestern beauty, the daughter of Ohio State University's marching band director: to dance on Broadway. Soon after high school graduation, Catherine left Columbus for New York City, determined to be a star. Three years later, she was dead -- murdered in cold blood in her East Side apartment. The shocking revelations that emerged from the police investigation made tabloid headlines: few knew that the struggling artist paid her bills by dancing in a topless club. But there was another hidden facet to Catherine's life -- a shattering love triangle with two men, one of whom would ultimately be convicted of her brutal stabbing death. It's a chilling account of obsession, violence, and the surprising, minute evidence on which the entire case hinged. For a talented young woman reaching for the top, and the heartbroken family she left behind, it is truly the death of a dream.
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 Death of a Dream - A Must Read August 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just received this book in the mail and have not been able to put it down since. I was hesitant to order it because some of the crime books I've read are a bit choppy and hard to read. Paul does an excellent job of getting you as close to the scene as you can get and gives you each side of everyone involved.
I didn't get to see the special on TV but am hoping to soon. I am not yet sure if they got the right guy, but hopefully in the end justice will prevail. The press can be quite pathetic how they turn around a story to fit their needs and trash someone's lives. I am glad Paul took the truth and made a novel for everyone to see what a tragedy this really was.
Catherine was a bright, amazing young girl just doing what many others before her have done.
If you want an amazing book, one you can't put down, then get this book!
Great read May 29, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is really good. If you are a true crime fan you have to read this book.
I have read all of the 48 hour mystery books and this is very well written.
I still can not believe the outconme, but will not say anymore as not to give it away.
Buy this book!!!
Justice for Catherine's story April 23, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Catherine Woods arrived in New York in 2002 with the same hope of many young dancers to make it big in the "Big Apple". Even though she met with obstacles along the way she was determined and never gave up hope she'd make it. When Catherine was savagely murdered on November 27, 2005 one boyfriend was suspected and another ultimately arrested. The news broke tabloid style and seized the stripper, love triangle theory and wouldn't let go.
This book does Catherine and her family justice by taking us past the gossip. It was even handed and told in a way you can look at the facts and see for yourself where the "Death of a Dream" ended. If you enjoy true crime reading this is the kind of unexaggerated book you'll want to pick up.
What Girls Shouldn't Do? April 19, 2008
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
Catherine Woods had a dream to become a dancer on Broadway but sadly three years after arriving in New York City, she was found murdered to death. She did dance but only at the clubs performing as a dancer to men. It wasn't the ending of a girl who came from Columbus, Ohio. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, she was preparing to go to work and her male room mate and former boyfriend, David, went to walk the dogs and stop by the building where he worked as a doorman. Catherine had two boyfriends. Her live-in boyfriend, David, also came to New York City but they were no longer in a romantic relationship but they did live together. He loved her more than anybody in the world. Her other boyfriend, Paul Cortez, also aspired to be an actor and he came from a good family. This book has a lot of photos which is a plus. When David discovers Catherine's lifeless body, he is immediately questioned as a suspect. Despite his own innocence, he freely went to the police and was willing to speak without a lawyer present. To David, his whole life was Catherine. Even though she didn't want him as a lover, they were still platonic friends who lived together and split the bills. Catherine knew that David couldn't live on his own in New York City which is very expensive that they agreed to this living arrangement. He never questioned Catherine about the men that she was with or seeing. David's alibi would be verified and supported which ruled him out. He even allowed the police to take pictures of him without clothing to show that he had no scratch marks. It didn't matter because his beloved Catherine died. Her boyfriend Paul Cortez soon became the prime suspect and convicted murderer when the police learned that his cell phone was in the vicinity of Catherine's upper East Side apartment. Through it all, Paul's poor mother, Ivette Cortez, stood beside her son which she described as her baby boy who she loves very much and refuses to believe his guilt. The case was shown on 48 Hours and I remember watching it. I got the book last night and it is a quick read as well. Catherine was finally trying to be independent of Paul when he couldn't take it anymore. Unlike David, Paul was obsessed and possessive about Catherine which may have driven him to murder. It's still a tragic story.
 "In Cold Blood" it ain't... April 17, 2008
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
There are two kinds of true-crime books: the literary ones, usually written by journalists who work on all kinds of topics (Truman Capote, of course, is the best example), and the, for lack of a better word, unliterary ones, written by people who do true crime only, and which often skip the hardcover and paperback formats, and go straight to mass market.
Death of a Dream is a particularly poor example of the latter category, and it follows the formula: beautiful girl (from what I've seen, the authors of these books don't seem to care when homely women are murdered) meets handsome guy who seems great at first but he has a dark side, and ends up killing her. If you like that kind of thing, I guess Death of a Dream is not terrible, but it is paint-by-the-numbers writing.
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