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TOXIC RAGE: A Tale Of Murder In Tucson
An eye-opening account of the shocking murder that has been featured on 48 Hours, Forensic Files, and Investigation Discovery’s Killing Time. Brian Stidham fell in love with Tucson, Arizona, the minute he came to town. A young and talented eye surgeon, he accepted a job with an established eye surgeon to take over his pediatric patients.
“It’s a beautiful place,” Stidham told a friend. “I can live right there by the mountains and go hiking. It’s a great deal for me there. The partner I’ll be working with is ultracool. He’s giving me the keys to the kingdom.” Brad Schwartz, the doctor who hired Brian, was ambitious and possessed surgical skills few others had. But he was a troubled man. Within a year of Stidham’s arrival in Tucson, the medical relationship would be severed by Schwartz’s personal troubles. Stidham broke away to start his own practice. Rumors abounded within the medical community that Schwartz was incensed and considered the departure a betrayal. His rage grew, even driving a wedge between him and his fiancée, Lourdes Lopez, a former prosecutor. Three years after Stidham moved to Tucson, his life ended in an empty, darkened parking lot. But who would murder such a nice man in such a violent manner? Lourdes, who had witnessed Schwartz’s toxic rage toward his former partner, feared she knew. But would her suspicions be enough to catch the killer? Find out in Toxic Rage.
“It’s a beautiful place,” Stidham told a friend. “I can live right there by the mountains and go hiking. It’s a great deal for me there. The partner I’ll be working with is ultracool. He’s giving me the keys to the kingdom.” Brad Schwartz, the doctor who hired Brian, was ambitious and possessed surgical skills few others had. But he was a troubled man. Within a year of Stidham’s arrival in Tucson, the medical relationship would be severed by Schwartz’s personal troubles. Stidham broke away to start his own practice. Rumors abounded within the medical community that Schwartz was incensed and considered the departure a betrayal. His rage grew, even driving a wedge between him and his fiancée, Lourdes Lopez, a former prosecutor. Three years after Stidham moved to Tucson, his life ended in an empty, darkened parking lot. But who would murder such a nice man in such a violent manner? Lourdes, who had witnessed Schwartz’s toxic rage toward his former partner, feared she knew. But would her suspicions be enough to catch the killer? Find out in Toxic Rage.
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October 3, 2018
Toxic Rage: A Tale Of Murder In Tucson
This is a tale of two very good eye doctors in Tucson, Arizona. One is already established there, Dr. Brad Schwartz has a busy practice and wants to branch out in other areas. So he invites Dr. Brian Stidham to move from Texas to Tucson to take over the pediatric part of the practice to free Brad up go in other directions. After Stidham visits and looks things over, he’s on board and moves his family. Things are going fairly well when past drug issues come back to haunt Brad and it derails his life. Even though he’s cleaned up his act, the DEA is on his trail and is taking action over past misdeeds. He takes time away from the practice to deal with the problems, leaving things in Dr. Stidham’s hands along with the staff. Brad is giving them the impression that it has to do with his ongoing health problems.
Dr. Stidham decides to open a practice of his own after some time of not being kept in the loop, and knowing only that the DEA had been searching the office. He rents office space and equipment and hires someone to set up the practice. He offers jobs to a few of the staff who are uncertain about their futures and have seen his business cards for his new practice at the office and asked him about it. Brad’s parents are checking in on the practice daily to keep an eye on things, and it gets back to Brad out of town that Dr. Stidham is opening a practice of his own. Brad becomes outraged, completely furious and has his mother dismiss Dr. Stidham when he learns what is going on. This leaves the practice completely without a doctor, and patients are having to go to the hospital to be seen for care. Brad is so angry at what Dr. Stidham has done behind his back while he’s in rehab, stealing his staff and patients he feels, at the time he needed him most. He feels completely betrayed and as if his life is unraveling.
While Schwartz finishes his requirements and awaits the findings of the Medical Board, his wife begins a divorce against him and his practice is closed. He is unable to practice or write prescriptions for strong drugs until further notice. He is sanctioned and told what he has to do to be able to start over again in time. He’s fine with all that, but still, he seethes at Brian Stidham whose new practice is already up and running, with some of Brad’s patients and staff.
Brad's current girlfriend tries explaining to him that if he were in Brian’s shoes with a family to feed, having just moved to Arizona from Texas, he’d be doing the exact same thing. But Brad doesn’t want to hear it, all he can think about is what it’s cost him. All the money in divorce costs, alimony, lost income, all the money it’s costing him to pay for the rehab he has to do, and the counseling they are requiring, hundreds of thousands of dollars. And he blames Stidham because instead of taking care of his practice for him while he was away like he’d expected, he dismantled it and took what he wanted from it for himself. He just hated the man, and wouldn’t mind if something awful happened to him.
Then Dr. Stidham ends up dead at his new practice months later. Brad swears he had nothing to do with it, despite having told several women he dated that he wanted him dead. It’s looking rather fishy. He has so obsessed over it that his longterm girlfriend broke up with him. Everyone’s watching to see how this comes out now. My thanks for the advance electronic copy that was provided by NetGalley, author A.J. Flick, and the publisher for my fair review.
Author--
A.J. Flick is a writer, editor and repurposed journalist based in Tucson, Ariz. Her byline has appeared in numerous news websites and publications across the country. When she isn't writing, she loves endurance hikes and wilderness explorations. Just kidding. She would rather read and watch a lot of TV and movies.
WildBlue Press 303 pages
Pub: Oct 9th 2018
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This is a tale of two very good eye doctors in Tucson, Arizona. One is already established there, Dr. Brad Schwartz has a busy practice and wants to branch out in other areas. So he invites Dr. Brian Stidham to move from Texas to Tucson to take over the pediatric part of the practice to free Brad up go in other directions. After Stidham visits and looks things over, he’s on board and moves his family. Things are going fairly well when past drug issues come back to haunt Brad and it derails his life. Even though he’s cleaned up his act, the DEA is on his trail and is taking action over past misdeeds. He takes time away from the practice to deal with the problems, leaving things in Dr. Stidham’s hands along with the staff. Brad is giving them the impression that it has to do with his ongoing health problems.
Dr. Stidham decides to open a practice of his own after some time of not being kept in the loop, and knowing only that the DEA had been searching the office. He rents office space and equipment and hires someone to set up the practice. He offers jobs to a few of the staff who are uncertain about their futures and have seen his business cards for his new practice at the office and asked him about it. Brad’s parents are checking in on the practice daily to keep an eye on things, and it gets back to Brad out of town that Dr. Stidham is opening a practice of his own. Brad becomes outraged, completely furious and has his mother dismiss Dr. Stidham when he learns what is going on. This leaves the practice completely without a doctor, and patients are having to go to the hospital to be seen for care. Brad is so angry at what Dr. Stidham has done behind his back while he’s in rehab, stealing his staff and patients he feels, at the time he needed him most. He feels completely betrayed and as if his life is unraveling.
While Schwartz finishes his requirements and awaits the findings of the Medical Board, his wife begins a divorce against him and his practice is closed. He is unable to practice or write prescriptions for strong drugs until further notice. He is sanctioned and told what he has to do to be able to start over again in time. He’s fine with all that, but still, he seethes at Brian Stidham whose new practice is already up and running, with some of Brad’s patients and staff.
Brad's current girlfriend tries explaining to him that if he were in Brian’s shoes with a family to feed, having just moved to Arizona from Texas, he’d be doing the exact same thing. But Brad doesn’t want to hear it, all he can think about is what it’s cost him. All the money in divorce costs, alimony, lost income, all the money it’s costing him to pay for the rehab he has to do, and the counseling they are requiring, hundreds of thousands of dollars. And he blames Stidham because instead of taking care of his practice for him while he was away like he’d expected, he dismantled it and took what he wanted from it for himself. He just hated the man, and wouldn’t mind if something awful happened to him.
Then Dr. Stidham ends up dead at his new practice months later. Brad swears he had nothing to do with it, despite having told several women he dated that he wanted him dead. It’s looking rather fishy. He has so obsessed over it that his longterm girlfriend broke up with him. Everyone’s watching to see how this comes out now. My thanks for the advance electronic copy that was provided by NetGalley, author A.J. Flick, and the publisher for my fair review.
Author--
A.J. Flick is a writer, editor and repurposed journalist based in Tucson, Ariz. Her byline has appeared in numerous news websites and publications across the country. When she isn't writing, she loves endurance hikes and wilderness explorations. Just kidding. She would rather read and watch a lot of TV and movies.
WildBlue Press 303 pages
Pub: Oct 9th 2018
My BookZone blog:
https://wordpress.com/post/bookblog20...
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June 26, 2023
Too crazy to be true.
This story is wild and crazy. So many people made such bad choices. Ultimately two men ended up in prison and another man ended up dead.
This story is wild and crazy. So many people made such bad choices. Ultimately two men ended up in prison and another man ended up dead.
August 12, 2024
A very interesting case, but not well written. Just because you access to the transcript of an interview, interrogation or jailhouse interview phone call doesn’t mean you should include the entire thing every time! There were also quite a few private conversations that were written for this book, never my favorite thing in a true crime book. A great deal of this stuff could have been summed up in a few paragraphs and it would have made for a better book.
September 25, 2018
Note: I received a free eARC from WildBlue Press, NetGalley, and the author in exchange for an unbiased review.
A local Tucsonan, I was interested in reading A. J. Flick's book about a prominent murder in Tucson. Brian Stidham moved to Tucson to take a job opening in pediatric ophthalmology (eye surgery, disease, treatment, etc.). He would be working with another well-known surgeon and ophthalmologist Brad Schwartz. Schwartz struggled with his own addictions, including both a voracious appetite for women (which led to many extramarital affairs prior to his divorce) and a prescription pill addiction. Schwartz was found guilty of illegally writing prescriptions for Vicodin, which he took regularly to treat pain symptoms he was suffering.
After being convicted of writing illegal prescriptions, Schwartz had to go to an in-patient treatment center outside of Arizona. While there, Brian ended up opening his own clinic. He took several patients with him as well as several employees, who were likely worried that Schwartz may no longer have a reputation that could sustain his clinic (and their salaries). This angered Schwartz and by the time he came back to Tucson he told several people that he wanted Brian dead. His lover, a woman named Lourdes (who'd worked with the County Attorney's office until she resigned after it was apparent she'd helped Schwartz get illegal prescriptions), was one woman who frequently heard him talking about killing Brian.
As an outsider, you immediately why Lourdes never alerted authorities about all of the hateful things Schwartz was saying about Brian. He'd approached several people asking if they could use their connections to find a hit man for him. He'd asked female lovers to go into Brian's clinic and accuse him of touching them inappropriately. Schwartz had even asked one lover, with a young son, to accuse Brian of groping her son. At one point, in case it isn't already awful, Schwartz said he'd take a nude photo *of this own son* and would give it to someone to plant at Brian's office.
This is clearly deranged behavior. Several different women that Schwartz was having sexual relationships with could have reported this but never did. You have to wonder--had even one of these individuals reported some of the things Schwartz was saying, would Brian be alive today?
As you can imagine, Brian ends up dead. It doesn't take long for people to start calling 88-CRIME, where immediately it becomes clear that Schwartz should be a person of interest. As the case unwinds, it was quite clear that Schwartz had hired a hit man (Ronald Bruce Bigger) to get rid of his competition. Bigger was, for lack of a better term, an idiot. The night of the murder Bigger shows up and meets with Schwartz (who is dining with one of his girlfriends) and they take him to an ATM to get money. He gets a hotel room. He talks about 'scrubs' that Bigger borrowed from Schwartz. All in front of a woman who begins to get a little suspicious about the entire thing. Bigger had also been caught in a fight at a local Circle K right around the timeline of the murder. He left DNA on Brian's car--apparently, he wanted to make it look like a car jacking.
$10,000 in hit-man money is pretty easy to track though and as you can imagine, this was a pretty clear cut case.
Most of the book revolves around backstory and there is little attention paid to the murder itself. It pops up and because the book has already made it clear that Schwartz is likely involved, not much analysis of the scene is given. In fact, very little about the murder is included. Most of the book is backstory: who is Brian, who is Brad, who is Lourdes, etc.
There are areas that get repetitive because sentences/facts are taken from one chapter and then put into another chapter (perhaps to jog your memory if you don't remember what happened from chapter 2 to chapter 10). Some of the investigation is covered, but a lot of it revolves around testimony from several people that heard Schwartz saying he was going to kill Brian (ie: Lourdes!) but they always shrug it off. He's talking about hiring a hit man but... no one says a thing. And then suddenly they want to gab and gab about all of these events after someone has been murdered.
I generally found that the book was "good" but at the same time somewhat "boring" in the sense that everything is laid out so clearly, there's not much more to read than some of the dialog reported between Schwartz and his lovers. Maybe because I was in Tucson and recall seeing the news about this at the time, it was less "revealing" to me as a reader. But I do warn--the case is pretty clear from the get go. So you may/may not enjoy that type of true crime book.
Also: Don't be stupid. If you hear someone repeatedly talking about harming/murdering someone, you may want to get off your butt and report it. There were so many people that heard Schwartz talk about damaging Brian's career, harming him so he couldn't work, and murdering him, that I cannot believe a single person never said anything to authorities before the murder. So what Flick does do a good job is suggesting that if you hear your boss/lover talking about murdering someone... maybe go to authorities before that murder occurs.
A local Tucsonan, I was interested in reading A. J. Flick's book about a prominent murder in Tucson. Brian Stidham moved to Tucson to take a job opening in pediatric ophthalmology (eye surgery, disease, treatment, etc.). He would be working with another well-known surgeon and ophthalmologist Brad Schwartz. Schwartz struggled with his own addictions, including both a voracious appetite for women (which led to many extramarital affairs prior to his divorce) and a prescription pill addiction. Schwartz was found guilty of illegally writing prescriptions for Vicodin, which he took regularly to treat pain symptoms he was suffering.
After being convicted of writing illegal prescriptions, Schwartz had to go to an in-patient treatment center outside of Arizona. While there, Brian ended up opening his own clinic. He took several patients with him as well as several employees, who were likely worried that Schwartz may no longer have a reputation that could sustain his clinic (and their salaries). This angered Schwartz and by the time he came back to Tucson he told several people that he wanted Brian dead. His lover, a woman named Lourdes (who'd worked with the County Attorney's office until she resigned after it was apparent she'd helped Schwartz get illegal prescriptions), was one woman who frequently heard him talking about killing Brian.
As an outsider, you immediately why Lourdes never alerted authorities about all of the hateful things Schwartz was saying about Brian. He'd approached several people asking if they could use their connections to find a hit man for him. He'd asked female lovers to go into Brian's clinic and accuse him of touching them inappropriately. Schwartz had even asked one lover, with a young son, to accuse Brian of groping her son. At one point, in case it isn't already awful, Schwartz said he'd take a nude photo *of this own son* and would give it to someone to plant at Brian's office.
This is clearly deranged behavior. Several different women that Schwartz was having sexual relationships with could have reported this but never did. You have to wonder--had even one of these individuals reported some of the things Schwartz was saying, would Brian be alive today?
As you can imagine, Brian ends up dead. It doesn't take long for people to start calling 88-CRIME, where immediately it becomes clear that Schwartz should be a person of interest. As the case unwinds, it was quite clear that Schwartz had hired a hit man (Ronald Bruce Bigger) to get rid of his competition. Bigger was, for lack of a better term, an idiot. The night of the murder Bigger shows up and meets with Schwartz (who is dining with one of his girlfriends) and they take him to an ATM to get money. He gets a hotel room. He talks about 'scrubs' that Bigger borrowed from Schwartz. All in front of a woman who begins to get a little suspicious about the entire thing. Bigger had also been caught in a fight at a local Circle K right around the timeline of the murder. He left DNA on Brian's car--apparently, he wanted to make it look like a car jacking.
$10,000 in hit-man money is pretty easy to track though and as you can imagine, this was a pretty clear cut case.
Most of the book revolves around backstory and there is little attention paid to the murder itself. It pops up and because the book has already made it clear that Schwartz is likely involved, not much analysis of the scene is given. In fact, very little about the murder is included. Most of the book is backstory: who is Brian, who is Brad, who is Lourdes, etc.
There are areas that get repetitive because sentences/facts are taken from one chapter and then put into another chapter (perhaps to jog your memory if you don't remember what happened from chapter 2 to chapter 10). Some of the investigation is covered, but a lot of it revolves around testimony from several people that heard Schwartz saying he was going to kill Brian (ie: Lourdes!) but they always shrug it off. He's talking about hiring a hit man but... no one says a thing. And then suddenly they want to gab and gab about all of these events after someone has been murdered.
I generally found that the book was "good" but at the same time somewhat "boring" in the sense that everything is laid out so clearly, there's not much more to read than some of the dialog reported between Schwartz and his lovers. Maybe because I was in Tucson and recall seeing the news about this at the time, it was less "revealing" to me as a reader. But I do warn--the case is pretty clear from the get go. So you may/may not enjoy that type of true crime book.
Also: Don't be stupid. If you hear someone repeatedly talking about harming/murdering someone, you may want to get off your butt and report it. There were so many people that heard Schwartz talk about damaging Brian's career, harming him so he couldn't work, and murdering him, that I cannot believe a single person never said anything to authorities before the murder. So what Flick does do a good job is suggesting that if you hear your boss/lover talking about murdering someone... maybe go to authorities before that murder occurs.
April 13, 2020
This was a huge case back in the day in Tucson. The author did a lot of research and the story was fascinating, I just wish the writing was better. The author is a newspaper reporter and I would have expected her to tell the story better and more clearly. the first 2/3 of the book contain details you don't really need, and the author uses entire paragraphs direct from transcript with all the ums, stops and starts, and disjointed speech intact. Some of this is necessary to see the speakers thought process, but most of it could have been synthesized, which would have also made it clearer. After presenting every confusing detail in the first two thirds of the book, the sections on the actual trial seemed to speed by, and I actually lost track of what was going on. When the actual verdicts came I had no understanding of what led up to them. The case is still pending in appeals, so I am hoping another long form journalist will step up and write a better version. Only worth reading because I live in Tucson. If I lived somewhere else I would have put the book down 30 pages in. Expected more.
November 7, 2018
This book is taking me awhile to get through. I went to high school with Brian, and his parents the house i grew up in. I remember this day like it was yesterday. The details in the book are almost too much for me. Brian was such a kind person, and I’m better off because I knew him.
November 21, 2022
I stopped reading like 4 pages in when I got to the line, “And, though this woman is attractive, he never came on to her, contrary to the womanizing behavior otherwise reported.” There are so many layers of sexism in that statement, I want to throw my kindle into the ocean.
December 16, 2018
This was really a 2-star ('okay') book, but I gave it three stars because the story of rival doctors and incompetent prosecutors was so interesting. The writing? Not great.
October 28, 2018
This was well-documented and recalls everything I read about during the trial of Brad Schwartz. While I am a voracious reader, this one took me over a week to read as it was personal to me: I have been friends with Brian Stidham since third grade and you would have never met a nicer person.
I felt the usual anger and rage while reading about how Brian’s life was snuffed out at a young age, and the thousands of people he could have helped with their eyesight if he had lived and continued his medical practice. The biggest anger, however, is at the citizens of Tucson who directly heard and knew Brad Schwartz was looking for a way to kill Brian yet they didn’t lift a finger and try to stop it. One phone call is all it would have taken, yet no one wanted to be involved. As my friend Duane was quoted in the book, Tucson is evil; each of those people who did nothing are just as guilty as those convicted. If they had one shred of decency, my friend Brian would still be alive, Daphne would have her husband, and their children would know their Dad.
I felt the usual anger and rage while reading about how Brian’s life was snuffed out at a young age, and the thousands of people he could have helped with their eyesight if he had lived and continued his medical practice. The biggest anger, however, is at the citizens of Tucson who directly heard and knew Brad Schwartz was looking for a way to kill Brian yet they didn’t lift a finger and try to stop it. One phone call is all it would have taken, yet no one wanted to be involved. As my friend Duane was quoted in the book, Tucson is evil; each of those people who did nothing are just as guilty as those convicted. If they had one shred of decency, my friend Brian would still be alive, Daphne would have her husband, and their children would know their Dad.
September 4, 2018
*WildBlue Press provided me with an advanced reader copy for review. The following review is completely my own and not influenced by the author or publisher.*
There is something addicting about a true crime story. It's like when you drive past an accident and crane your head to see as much as you can. Then, when you get home, you start googling because you just have to know what happened, who it was, and was anyone injured.
Toxic Rage: A Tale of Murder in Tucson definitely hit the pleasure center associated with morbid curiosity. As soon as I started, it was difficult to not keep going, absorbing every detail of the case.
The death of Brian Stidham is the type that a community can care about; a prominent pediatric ophthalmologist who is adored by patients and medical professionals with no criminal background murdered in his prime.
Brad Swartz also made the perfect villain. His anger problems and struggles with drug addiction and mental health made it easy to hate him. Plus his inability to be faithful to any woman led to a feeling of justice when he was put behind bars. But the author suggests that perhaps he did not receive fair treatment by the criminal justice system.
While many other individuals involved throughout the case had character flaws, they seemed minimized as Swartz's were emphasized. This led to other potential leads not being investigated. Perhaps they would have been dead ends, but it raises the question of whether things should have been done differently to at least rule them out.
What was also interesting was the level of conflicts that occurred in this case. Besides the actual facts of how the timeline proceeded, Flick recounts the issues the court faced with how to handle the involvement of attorneys and law enforcement that knew Brad and other witnesses. He also describes the complicated process of how to pick a fair jury in a case that is so high profile that it would almost require calling hermits with no access to any type of media to be completely unbiased.
The plot certainly was interesting and it was a quick read, but there were certain points where I struggled. For being written by a professional journalist, it was halting and a bit jumpy. There were many times where information was repetitive, which could have been for effect, but seemed overdone. Also during interviews, which appeared to be transcribed, were littered with "you know"s, "I mean"s, and "um"s. Even the officers seemed unable to finish a coherent sentence. I felt these parts could have been edited just a little bit for readability.
I was also a little disappointed to not get more from Brad Swartz's side of everything, though that is not the author's fault. He made it very clear that he tried numerous times to fill in those pieces, but was denied.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading about this case as it was one I don't remember hearing of. It is a great read for those who enjoy true crime.
There is something addicting about a true crime story. It's like when you drive past an accident and crane your head to see as much as you can. Then, when you get home, you start googling because you just have to know what happened, who it was, and was anyone injured.
Toxic Rage: A Tale of Murder in Tucson definitely hit the pleasure center associated with morbid curiosity. As soon as I started, it was difficult to not keep going, absorbing every detail of the case.
The death of Brian Stidham is the type that a community can care about; a prominent pediatric ophthalmologist who is adored by patients and medical professionals with no criminal background murdered in his prime.
Brad Swartz also made the perfect villain. His anger problems and struggles with drug addiction and mental health made it easy to hate him. Plus his inability to be faithful to any woman led to a feeling of justice when he was put behind bars. But the author suggests that perhaps he did not receive fair treatment by the criminal justice system.
While many other individuals involved throughout the case had character flaws, they seemed minimized as Swartz's were emphasized. This led to other potential leads not being investigated. Perhaps they would have been dead ends, but it raises the question of whether things should have been done differently to at least rule them out.
What was also interesting was the level of conflicts that occurred in this case. Besides the actual facts of how the timeline proceeded, Flick recounts the issues the court faced with how to handle the involvement of attorneys and law enforcement that knew Brad and other witnesses. He also describes the complicated process of how to pick a fair jury in a case that is so high profile that it would almost require calling hermits with no access to any type of media to be completely unbiased.
The plot certainly was interesting and it was a quick read, but there were certain points where I struggled. For being written by a professional journalist, it was halting and a bit jumpy. There were many times where information was repetitive, which could have been for effect, but seemed overdone. Also during interviews, which appeared to be transcribed, were littered with "you know"s, "I mean"s, and "um"s. Even the officers seemed unable to finish a coherent sentence. I felt these parts could have been edited just a little bit for readability.
I was also a little disappointed to not get more from Brad Swartz's side of everything, though that is not the author's fault. He made it very clear that he tried numerous times to fill in those pieces, but was denied.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading about this case as it was one I don't remember hearing of. It is a great read for those who enjoy true crime.
December 1, 2018
Great book
I've been anxiously awaiting this book. I love true crime and this book is excellent. Well written and researched, I highly recommend Toxic Rage.
I've been anxiously awaiting this book. I love true crime and this book is excellent. Well written and researched, I highly recommend Toxic Rage.
October 21, 2018
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I received a copy of this book from the author, A.J Flick, and the publisher, WildBlue Press, via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Actual rating of a strong 3.5.
Toxic Rage follows the true crime of a murder in Tucson in 2004. The man murdered, Brian Stidham, was a well loved and respected doctor. This book follows the lives of the people involved, leading up to, during, and after the murder has been committed. It gives insight into what was going on in the people's lives when this event occurred, using reports and interviews to give more depth.
I really enjoyed this book, I've only read a few other true crime novels, and I find it different to reading fiction crime novel, probably because this actually happened. The people I am reading about are real, and so is their pain. I loved the insight given and how all the different people involved, especially all the women who were involved with Brad Schwartz, the one of the men sentenced for the crime.
Reading through this account, I couldn't help but realise very early on how unhinged Brad Schwartz was. His womanising aside, which is a pretty dick move in itself, I was more surprised at how quickly he would tell someone he doesn't know how much he hated Brian, and go into the whole sordid tale of what happened between them. And not only that, he openly admitted to all of these women that he wanted Brian dead, asking a few of them whether they had connections to hit men or gang members who could carry out the deed for him. No well adjusted person openly discloses this information to people he doesn't really know, and to that MANY people as well.
Another thing that shocked me a bit, was that all of these women brushed it off as the angry rantings of a sane man who wouldn't follow through. They all had bad feelings about what was being said about Brian, and wondered, even if just for a second, whether or not Brad would actually carry out his threats, yet NONE of them thought it wise to at least let the authorities know? Even just to say "Hey, so this guy I'm seeing made some remarks that made me uncomfortable, I'm not sure that he'll actually carry them out, but I just felt I should let someone know in case." this floored me. I mean, I understand that they all thought they were the only woman he was seeing, and they all believed that they were the sole person he had professed these nefarious thoughts to, but still, if someone is that angry and says something like that to me, repeatedly I might add, I'd be inclined to go give the cops a heads up. Just in case.
And Brad being so adamant that he wasn't behind the death? I'm honestly not sure whether I believe him, there is a small portion of doubt that maybe he didn't organise this at all, but from all the evidence presented, that sliver of doubt is very tiny. Could he be that mentally unstable that he carried out his threat but honestly believes he had nothing to do with it? Did he have a psychiatric evaluation done? He just seems so unhinged, and to this day still professes innocence.
There was one thing that irked me a teeny bit which with this, I found a couple of the conversations, one of them being between the detectives and Mrs. Stidham on the night of Brian's death. The dialogue was so jilted and hard to follow at times, I'm sure that Flick has taken the dialogue from the reports and interviews, but I just felt that maybe they should have been edited a bit, so while still saying the same thing, just less pauses and switching mid sentence? If that makes sense? I almost felt like the detective interviewing Mrs. Stidham was a teenager not sure of his job. I did pick up a couple more sentences with missing words, or misspelled words, but nothing a last sweep editing wouldn't fix.
All in all, this was an interesting case. I'm still left with questions about it, but I doubt we'll ever get the whole truth.
I received a copy of this book from the author, A.J Flick, and the publisher, WildBlue Press, via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Actual rating of a strong 3.5.
Toxic Rage follows the true crime of a murder in Tucson in 2004. The man murdered, Brian Stidham, was a well loved and respected doctor. This book follows the lives of the people involved, leading up to, during, and after the murder has been committed. It gives insight into what was going on in the people's lives when this event occurred, using reports and interviews to give more depth.
I really enjoyed this book, I've only read a few other true crime novels, and I find it different to reading fiction crime novel, probably because this actually happened. The people I am reading about are real, and so is their pain. I loved the insight given and how all the different people involved, especially all the women who were involved with Brad Schwartz, the one of the men sentenced for the crime.
Reading through this account, I couldn't help but realise very early on how unhinged Brad Schwartz was. His womanising aside, which is a pretty dick move in itself, I was more surprised at how quickly he would tell someone he doesn't know how much he hated Brian, and go into the whole sordid tale of what happened between them. And not only that, he openly admitted to all of these women that he wanted Brian dead, asking a few of them whether they had connections to hit men or gang members who could carry out the deed for him. No well adjusted person openly discloses this information to people he doesn't really know, and to that MANY people as well.
Another thing that shocked me a bit, was that all of these women brushed it off as the angry rantings of a sane man who wouldn't follow through. They all had bad feelings about what was being said about Brian, and wondered, even if just for a second, whether or not Brad would actually carry out his threats, yet NONE of them thought it wise to at least let the authorities know? Even just to say "Hey, so this guy I'm seeing made some remarks that made me uncomfortable, I'm not sure that he'll actually carry them out, but I just felt I should let someone know in case." this floored me. I mean, I understand that they all thought they were the only woman he was seeing, and they all believed that they were the sole person he had professed these nefarious thoughts to, but still, if someone is that angry and says something like that to me, repeatedly I might add, I'd be inclined to go give the cops a heads up. Just in case.
And Brad being so adamant that he wasn't behind the death? I'm honestly not sure whether I believe him, there is a small portion of doubt that maybe he didn't organise this at all, but from all the evidence presented, that sliver of doubt is very tiny. Could he be that mentally unstable that he carried out his threat but honestly believes he had nothing to do with it? Did he have a psychiatric evaluation done? He just seems so unhinged, and to this day still professes innocence.
There was one thing that irked me a teeny bit which with this, I found a couple of the conversations, one of them being between the detectives and Mrs. Stidham on the night of Brian's death. The dialogue was so jilted and hard to follow at times, I'm sure that Flick has taken the dialogue from the reports and interviews, but I just felt that maybe they should have been edited a bit, so while still saying the same thing, just less pauses and switching mid sentence? If that makes sense? I almost felt like the detective interviewing Mrs. Stidham was a teenager not sure of his job. I did pick up a couple more sentences with missing words, or misspelled words, but nothing a last sweep editing wouldn't fix.
All in all, this was an interesting case. I'm still left with questions about it, but I doubt we'll ever get the whole truth.
October 30, 2018
Ok read
I must admit I have been putting this book off for quite a while. The reason being is because it has been covered in so many television programs and short story books. But I finally gave in and decided to read it. I didn't really learn anything new. In fact , it seemed to bring in so many more people and confusion then what was needed. While I found that Brad couldn't of told or discussed with more people how he felt about Brian, it just seemed that he was beyond obsessed!!! So I found that this book was really predictable. That being said I must admit the author did a really good job considering all the road blocks in his way!! So while the subject of this book I didn't really get into I did find that I enjoyed the authors talent tremendously..... So I will definitely be reading more books from him in the future. Normally I wouldn't do that esp after I felt so disappointed but I feel like this author is extremely talented and def knows how to engage his readers. He did a hell of a job on this one.....
So if you are not familiar with this story you will enjoy it a lot more then me and you should def read it as long as you can keep all the people in place and who he's dating and stuff then you will really enjoy this....
Mr(?). Flick, I will def be trying to purchase another book of yours because I think you are very talented. So if there are any books not so well covered or if anyone had any suggestions or recommendation please let me know some good ones.... I'm more then willing to try again because I think you would def be up in my top authors......
I must admit I have been putting this book off for quite a while. The reason being is because it has been covered in so many television programs and short story books. But I finally gave in and decided to read it. I didn't really learn anything new. In fact , it seemed to bring in so many more people and confusion then what was needed. While I found that Brad couldn't of told or discussed with more people how he felt about Brian, it just seemed that he was beyond obsessed!!! So I found that this book was really predictable. That being said I must admit the author did a really good job considering all the road blocks in his way!! So while the subject of this book I didn't really get into I did find that I enjoyed the authors talent tremendously..... So I will definitely be reading more books from him in the future. Normally I wouldn't do that esp after I felt so disappointed but I feel like this author is extremely talented and def knows how to engage his readers. He did a hell of a job on this one.....
So if you are not familiar with this story you will enjoy it a lot more then me and you should def read it as long as you can keep all the people in place and who he's dating and stuff then you will really enjoy this....
Mr(?). Flick, I will def be trying to purchase another book of yours because I think you are very talented. So if there are any books not so well covered or if anyone had any suggestions or recommendation please let me know some good ones.... I'm more then willing to try again because I think you would def be up in my top authors......
November 9, 2018
Very detailed account of the murder of a beloved doctor in Tucson by a rival charismatic doctor who should have been reported long before.
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December 16, 2018Wow! I absolutely loved this novel! I felt, just a little, that at the beginning of the story, I was seriously overwhelmed with information. Birthdays, favourites, hates and details for characters that I thought were insignificant… but then came and tied the story back together further in.
I was extremely invested in this book and read it at every opportunity I could. The style of writing allowed me to grasp the severity behind the truth, but also let me just enjoy reading and not feel like I wa reading a police report. I loved how truthful this story was, and how invested I was able to get, easily following the plotline but still jumping in my spot with every new plot twist. I can see why Lourdes, Brad’s ex-fiance, was in such a difficult predicament, and I was able to sympathise with nearly all of the characters.
One thing I did struggle with was reading this story as a filler. I must admit that TOXIC Rage is a book that you are most definitely going to have to be prepared to read, not just do so for an easy book. You have to be ready to think deep into what you remember from earlier pages and also be prepared to want to skip some parts and then be thankful that you didn’t. I loved how much the different lines of the characters thoughts always added up and pointed subtly one way whilst the story progressed majorly.
I recommend this novel to all people who love crime and murder mysteries. I have recommended this novel to many of my friends who ask why I still read young adult, as if I have outgrown it (as if; never gonna happen).
Read more at: https://afewchapterstillove.wixsite.com
I was extremely invested in this book and read it at every opportunity I could. The style of writing allowed me to grasp the severity behind the truth, but also let me just enjoy reading and not feel like I wa reading a police report. I loved how truthful this story was, and how invested I was able to get, easily following the plotline but still jumping in my spot with every new plot twist. I can see why Lourdes, Brad’s ex-fiance, was in such a difficult predicament, and I was able to sympathise with nearly all of the characters.
One thing I did struggle with was reading this story as a filler. I must admit that TOXIC Rage is a book that you are most definitely going to have to be prepared to read, not just do so for an easy book. You have to be ready to think deep into what you remember from earlier pages and also be prepared to want to skip some parts and then be thankful that you didn’t. I loved how much the different lines of the characters thoughts always added up and pointed subtly one way whilst the story progressed majorly.
I recommend this novel to all people who love crime and murder mysteries. I have recommended this novel to many of my friends who ask why I still read young adult, as if I have outgrown it (as if; never gonna happen).
Read more at: https://afewchapterstillove.wixsite.com
October 14, 2018
This is the story of a tragic murder that occurred in Tuscon in 2004. Because the murder occurred so long ago, most people reading the book will know that both the victim and his assailant were health professionals.
Flick does a good job of explaining how they came to work together and how one of the characters had problems with drugs and infidelity whereas the other was a young married man and the father of young children.
The book may have been even better if the story was more current and if pictures were included in the Kindle edition I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was able to find pictures of the subjects online. Readers who enjoy True Crime novels are likely to quickly become engaged in this story.
Flick does a good job of explaining how they came to work together and how one of the characters had problems with drugs and infidelity whereas the other was a young married man and the father of young children.
The book may have been even better if the story was more current and if pictures were included in the Kindle edition I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was able to find pictures of the subjects online. Readers who enjoy True Crime novels are likely to quickly become engaged in this story.
October 13, 2018
I had never heard of this case prior to reading this book. Dr. Schwartz seems to be a man led by his vices and bound to take revenge on Dr. Stidham, blaming him for the loss of his medical practice and prestige. He spoke to several people and solicited them to kill Dr. Stidham, so when he ends up dead the natural suspect is Dr. Schwartz. Intriguing story of how this man let hatred ruin his life. It is at times cinfusing, their names are similar. It is an interesting cast of characters. All of these people to whom he openly threatened Dr. Stidham’s life, none of them contacted the police.. interesting study in people’s morality. Reading this book is not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
September 23, 2018
I found this book a pretty standard true crime story. It is competently written, telling the story of the murder of a Tucson doctor by another doctor with whom he had previously had a professional partnership.
The story is well-written, and the author did a good job of fleshing out the characters of the numerous people who were involved in the lives of these two men both before and after the murder.
If you like the true crime genre, or are a fan of TV shows like Law and Order, I think you will enjoy this book.
I received an advanced reading copy from the publishers via NetGalley. Thanks!
The story is well-written, and the author did a good job of fleshing out the characters of the numerous people who were involved in the lives of these two men both before and after the murder.
If you like the true crime genre, or are a fan of TV shows like Law and Order, I think you will enjoy this book.
I received an advanced reading copy from the publishers via NetGalley. Thanks!
November 2, 2018
As a native Tucsonan i have heard of this crime happening, as i know of some people working in the same field, but did not know much of the details until reading this book.
It was a great read from start to finish, there were some parts where the same thing was mentioned over and over again on how much he wanted the doctor dead. Besides that it was refreshing getting an indight into the time leading up to the trial. Great use of information and research.
It was a great read from start to finish, there were some parts where the same thing was mentioned over and over again on how much he wanted the doctor dead. Besides that it was refreshing getting an indight into the time leading up to the trial. Great use of information and research.
November 9, 2018
I'm from Tucson, so I am familiar with the story. I was interested in learning more about some of the other people involved, which is why I picked up the book. I enjoyed it at first, although it felt like the timeline was skipping around a bit. And then I reached the interview with Daphne Stidham and I had to put the book down. I could not tolerate the writing. I mean, the writin'. I have no clue why the author chose to present the language that way. It's horrifying/horrifyin'.
January 20, 2021
This is one amazingly authentic true crime novel where the authors research is impeccable. I found it hard to put down and the way it was written allows the reader a chance to understand what happened. This is one 5+++ star novel that after reading I had to learn more about.
Thank you to netgalley as well as the author./publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.
Thank you to netgalley as well as the author./publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.
May 14, 2022
I usually enjoy true crime books but I found this one difficult. Too many people and jumps around a lot, and really left with more questions than answers. Also a very abrupt ending.
The writing wasn't great either, very repetitive, and some sentences just did not make sense. I would suggest you only read this book if you are interested in this particular case (or possibly Tucson) because there are many true crime books out there better than this one - for example 'I'll be Gone in the Dark'.
The writing wasn't great either, very repetitive, and some sentences just did not make sense. I would suggest you only read this book if you are interested in this particular case (or possibly Tucson) because there are many true crime books out there better than this one - for example 'I'll be Gone in the Dark'.
January 10, 2023
I live it Tucson and this murder happened shortly after I moved here. I followed the story in the news but this book told me much more especially the obvious misconduct of several of the Pima County prosecutor's office. It was a fascinating story with many twists and turns. That it happens to be true makes it even more interesting. I am looking forward to hearing the author when she speaks at one of our luncheons.
December 31, 2023
I had never heard of this shocking Tucson murder case, so I was intrigued to learn more. I didn’t learn much, however. There’s a lack of clarity that may have been the author’s purpose but is not well executed. Also, the writing itself is terrible with poor editing and no sense of pacing or organization.
November 15, 2018
This is a well written true crime story about a doctor that was stabbed to death and left in the parking lot of their medical practice. This was a truly fascinating case and I enjoyed reading about it. I found it hard to put down and ended up reading in a day and a half. I recommend this book.
March 3, 2019
True crime is my guilty pleasure – has been for decades, and it seems the world is catching up, thanks maybe to podcasts and TV shows (ranging from sleazy and cheesy to straightforward factual documentaries). Wild Blue Press has published some interesting TC, so I was pleased to receive a copy of A. J. Flick’s Toxic Rage from WBP (and NetGalley) in exchange for my honest review.
This book tells a story would be perfectly told by Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle of the podcast True Crime Obsessed. It has it all: sex, violence, marital infidelity, drug addiction, and money. All surrounding what seems at first like just a sad story about a couple of ophthalmologists in Tucson, Arizona. One of them, Dr. Brad Schwartz, has a busy practice, and wants to expand the business. He invites Dr. Brian Stidham to explore a move from Texas to Tucson to take over the pediatric patients, thereby freeing him up to work on expanding the business. Brian visits Tucson, likes how things look and moves west. One thing he couldn’t have discerned from his initial visit is Brad’s drug problem, which is serious enough for him to be the target of a DEA investigation. This makes it necessary for Brian and the office staff to pick up the slack caused by Brad’s absence, which they don’t mind at first as they think it’s an ongoing health problem (which it is, but not like they think!)
Finally, Brian has had enough and decides to open his own practice. He plans the move and hires a few of the staff who are uncertain about the stability of Brad’s practice, and when Brad’s parents get wind of this, they rat out Brian and Brad loses it. Brad tells his mother to fire Brian, which means the office now has no doctor.
Brad’s wife files for divorce and his practice finally closes. He can’t practice or write prescriptions, is officially sanctioned by the Medical Board and has to basically start over, while Brian’s new practice is going great.
Brad’s dealing with divorce costs, alimony, lost income, the cost for the rehab he is required to do, etc., all of which set him back hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brad thought Brian was taking care of his practice for him while he was “away” (drug rehab), but he thinks that instead Brian raided the office and staff, taking whoever and whatever he wanted.
A few months later, after Brad has told apparently everyone that he wanted Brian dead, even telling his girlfriend Lourdes he wanted to hire a hit man to murder Brian, guess who ends up dead in the parking lot of his new office. Brad swears he had nothing to do with it, but maybe partly because he is such a jerk, lots of people are cooperative with the investigation into the murder.
Brad’s truly quite an unlikeable character: he tells a child’s parents that their kid needs surgery by saying “There are only two who can save your child: God and me…and God’s busy.” His primary girlfriend Lourdes is a prosecutor, and she kind of freaked out after Brad had told her numerous times he wanted to hire a hit man to take out Brian, and then Brian ends up murdered.
So there it is. It’s a fascinating story, and Flick tells it well. Four stars, sure to be enjoyed those whose preferred subgenre of true crime is what I call “domestic true crime. “
This book tells a story would be perfectly told by Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle of the podcast True Crime Obsessed. It has it all: sex, violence, marital infidelity, drug addiction, and money. All surrounding what seems at first like just a sad story about a couple of ophthalmologists in Tucson, Arizona. One of them, Dr. Brad Schwartz, has a busy practice, and wants to expand the business. He invites Dr. Brian Stidham to explore a move from Texas to Tucson to take over the pediatric patients, thereby freeing him up to work on expanding the business. Brian visits Tucson, likes how things look and moves west. One thing he couldn’t have discerned from his initial visit is Brad’s drug problem, which is serious enough for him to be the target of a DEA investigation. This makes it necessary for Brian and the office staff to pick up the slack caused by Brad’s absence, which they don’t mind at first as they think it’s an ongoing health problem (which it is, but not like they think!)
Finally, Brian has had enough and decides to open his own practice. He plans the move and hires a few of the staff who are uncertain about the stability of Brad’s practice, and when Brad’s parents get wind of this, they rat out Brian and Brad loses it. Brad tells his mother to fire Brian, which means the office now has no doctor.
Brad’s wife files for divorce and his practice finally closes. He can’t practice or write prescriptions, is officially sanctioned by the Medical Board and has to basically start over, while Brian’s new practice is going great.
Brad’s dealing with divorce costs, alimony, lost income, the cost for the rehab he is required to do, etc., all of which set him back hundreds of thousands of dollars. Brad thought Brian was taking care of his practice for him while he was “away” (drug rehab), but he thinks that instead Brian raided the office and staff, taking whoever and whatever he wanted.
A few months later, after Brad has told apparently everyone that he wanted Brian dead, even telling his girlfriend Lourdes he wanted to hire a hit man to murder Brian, guess who ends up dead in the parking lot of his new office. Brad swears he had nothing to do with it, but maybe partly because he is such a jerk, lots of people are cooperative with the investigation into the murder.
Brad’s truly quite an unlikeable character: he tells a child’s parents that their kid needs surgery by saying “There are only two who can save your child: God and me…and God’s busy.” His primary girlfriend Lourdes is a prosecutor, and she kind of freaked out after Brad had told her numerous times he wanted to hire a hit man to take out Brian, and then Brian ends up murdered.
So there it is. It’s a fascinating story, and Flick tells it well. Four stars, sure to be enjoyed those whose preferred subgenre of true crime is what I call “domestic true crime. “
January 31, 2021
Toxic Rage is about one doctor’s unrelenting vendetta against his ex-partner, as well as an entire cast of complacent enablers who chose to ignore the unraveling psychological trainwreck because of the doctor’s godlike status.
The majority of this book covers the backstories of Brad Schwartz, the murderous doctor with an enormous ego, Brian Stidham, the doctor who made the mistake of temporarily partnering with Brad, and Lourdes, one of Brad’s many worshiping mistresses.
While I intensely disliked Brad and couldn’t at all see why women fawned over him, aside from his money and status, Lourdes, for me, was the surprise here. I wanted to reach through the book and slap this “intelligent” woman, an attorney, who sat by coddling her married lover as he consistently and persistently told her he wanted Brian Stidham dead.
The actual murder and ensuing trial is a much smaller aspect of this book. We don’t get a good feel for how the trial played out, so if courtroom scenes are your thing, you won’t find much of that here.
The writing is okay overall. I do wish the author had cleaned up the interviews and transcripts, telling us the highlights and keeping out the repetitive content. We get word-for-word conversations, complete with the stammering of “ah” and “umm” within all the conversations.
I listened to this on audio. Narration is good and kept me engaged throughout.
*I received a free audiobook download via WildBlue Press.*
The majority of this book covers the backstories of Brad Schwartz, the murderous doctor with an enormous ego, Brian Stidham, the doctor who made the mistake of temporarily partnering with Brad, and Lourdes, one of Brad’s many worshiping mistresses.
While I intensely disliked Brad and couldn’t at all see why women fawned over him, aside from his money and status, Lourdes, for me, was the surprise here. I wanted to reach through the book and slap this “intelligent” woman, an attorney, who sat by coddling her married lover as he consistently and persistently told her he wanted Brian Stidham dead.
The actual murder and ensuing trial is a much smaller aspect of this book. We don’t get a good feel for how the trial played out, so if courtroom scenes are your thing, you won’t find much of that here.
The writing is okay overall. I do wish the author had cleaned up the interviews and transcripts, telling us the highlights and keeping out the repetitive content. We get word-for-word conversations, complete with the stammering of “ah” and “umm” within all the conversations.
I listened to this on audio. Narration is good and kept me engaged throughout.
*I received a free audiobook download via WildBlue Press.*
August 31, 2024
This is the retelling of a "Tucson-famous" murder of Dr. Brian Stidham and trials of Dr. Brad Schwartz and Bruce Bigger.
I won't get into the details of this book because the "Murder of Brian Stidham" Wikipedia page covers everything you need in a much more succinct and effective way than this book. I'm not going to review the case because this happened to real people - the author had nothing to do with it. But I am reviewing the author's writing ability, since that is what they are accountable for.
I don't want to s*** on a self-edited, self-published author but this is rough. It's meandering and repetitive, but not in a way that feels like you're trying to experience what the detectives or family/friends experienced. Its more like the author forgot that she used the exact same sentence 10 pages before or like she realized she forgot to add a detail in the previous chapter and thought she could just "drop it in" and hoped it made sense. There's also points where she shares the entirety of an interview/transcript. That's not being an author - that's being a breathing tape recorder.
I feel bad being so scathing in this review, but I'm going to stop here because I have nothing nice to say.
I won't get into the details of this book because the "Murder of Brian Stidham" Wikipedia page covers everything you need in a much more succinct and effective way than this book. I'm not going to review the case because this happened to real people - the author had nothing to do with it. But I am reviewing the author's writing ability, since that is what they are accountable for.
I don't want to s*** on a self-edited, self-published author but this is rough. It's meandering and repetitive, but not in a way that feels like you're trying to experience what the detectives or family/friends experienced. Its more like the author forgot that she used the exact same sentence 10 pages before or like she realized she forgot to add a detail in the previous chapter and thought she could just "drop it in" and hoped it made sense. There's also points where she shares the entirety of an interview/transcript. That's not being an author - that's being a breathing tape recorder.
I feel bad being so scathing in this review, but I'm going to stop here because I have nothing nice to say.
November 14, 2024
If this book was a person telling you a story, you would be interrupting them often to ask clarifying questions. The author likes to jump around a bit, tell you all sorts of backstory, and toss in names without explaining who they are. Part of the issue with that is just the nature of the story and the characters involved. Some of that should have been handled with a good editor. Living in Tucson, I have a vague recollection of this case mostly from the standpoint of one doctor being culpable in the death of another. The shenanigans of law enforcement and court personnel on both the periphery of and outright involved in this case is not surprising if you've lived here for any length of time.
February 7, 2025
A thorough tedious and exhausting account of a murder that took place in Tucson. It being a piece of Tucson news history was the only thing that kept me reading it. If you're really into true crime you may love it. It was very informative, but maybe too much factual detail and not enough storytelling. Definitely not enough to really make me care too much about any of the characters. The ending does leave me curious to see if anything new will ever come out of the case.
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