Death of a Model (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

Features

• Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 256 pages
• Published by: St. Martin's Paperbacks July 28, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0312961634
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0312961633
• Book Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 4 ounces

Product Description
A stunning actress-model disappears without a wordA frantic search ends in tragedyA slick photographer accused of her murder

It seemed as if all of Linda Sobek's dreams of stardom were coming true. But on the day the sexy calendar model and former NFL cheerleader missed a fitting for her first TV role, her family knew something terrible had happened to their golden girl.

For eight days, police held out little hope of finding the 27-year-old beauty alive. Then the crucial clues came: photographs of Linda along with a crumpled page from her appointment book were discovered in a highway dumpster. Hours later, they were led to Linda's shallow grave deep in California's Angeles Forest.

The clues near the crime scene linked the murder to Charles Rathbun, a talented, sought-after commercial photographer, who claimed he'd accidentally run Linda over in a car during a photo shoot. Police speculated that Linda may not have been the first pretty lady the strapping Rathbun had taken into Angeles Forest who didn't come out alive. But he has not been charged in any of those cases.


About The Author
Bestselling true crime author Clifford L. Linedecker probes the heartbreaking story of a talented young lady on the verge of success, whose life was cut short before her star was allowed to rise.


Reader Reviews
I enjoyed the book. Apparently, beauty doesn't guarantee happiness anymore than money does. Linda Sobek may have been "genetically gifted" but her beauty did not bring her happiness. Not to blame the victim, but her physical perfection was what got her killed. What infuriated me was the fact that Tom Rathbun, Linda's murderer, had been allowed to walk free from an earlier rape charge. ([...]I'm sure that Linda wasn't the only woman he's killed. As for Rathbun trying to convince the court that he and his victim had "consensual" sex, what a dreamer. As if a woman like Linda Sobek would willingly TOUCH him....he is creepy. Good book for anyone thinking of getting into the modeling business....what NOT to do!