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A Family Cursed: The Kissell Dynasty, a Gilded Fortune, and Two Brutal Murders (St. Martin's True Crime Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kevin Mcmurray
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 45883
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 031294201X
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523
EAN: 9780312942014
ASIN: 031294201X
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
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As boys, Robert and Andrew Kissel competed and excelled. As men, they made millions—Robert in the Asian markets and Andrew in real estate. But a darkness was chasing the brothers down. In November 2003, Robert was murdered in his posh Hong Kong apartment. Two-and-a-half years later, Andrew was found stabbed to death in his Greenwich Connecticut mansion.
Nancy Kissel was charged with murdering her husband Robert, after serving him a milkshake laced with sedatives and then beating him to death with a blunt object. But what happened to Andrew? His marriage was failing, and he faced prison for real estate fraud. Was his death a murder—or suicide? This riveting true story follows the different paths the Kissel brothers took toward the same fate and became
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 Too complicated for my taste September 29, 2008
This book goes back and forth too much and is too hard to keep up with the characters and their comings and goings. I wouldn't recommended it but to a person who can keep up with all the things going on at one time. I want a book that's not necessarily easy reading but one that is organized.
Alien Face
 Plenty of Action September 7, 2008
Well written account of a sad situation. Everyone in the plot ends up suffering, especially the children, and it was all so needless. This is a family that had it all and ended up with nothing.
 Too much Money April 21, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wife with too much money kills husbund. Brother who wants more money is killed. Was it worth it? She now sits in a jail in China.No money,kids,or boyfriend.
Lifting the shroud on a family cursed February 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Kevin F. McMurray missed his calling. This investigative reporter should have been a detective. With him it just the facts. His research is SUPERB! Not a rehash. He doesn't embellish the case with his own speculation. He leaves that up to you. McMurray lifts the dark veil of the Kissel Dynasty, and what he reveals is the dark side of their high society, Wall Street, power, fame, wealth, fraud, sex and murders. McMurray extensive interviews paint a portrait of the Jekyll and Hyde within each personality. His work is thorough and yet he treats each suspect and victim with respect. This style makes his books page turners. It would make one hell of a movie. A real life who-dun-it?
I also read his fascinating book, "Deep Decent" about his dives on the infamous Andrea Doria sunk in 1955. His hair raising adventures of deaths and near death experiences makes great reading. This guy seems like the real deal.
Intriguing Insight into Two devastating murders and the lives of Greed February 5, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been reading Kevin's works as they come out and this is his best effort to date. A must read !! Kevin puts you right into the lives of this family and shows all the scars.
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