{"product_id":"9780061887598","title":"Deadly Angel: The Bizarre True Story of Alaska's Killer Stripper","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing true story of bizarre love and lethal obsession in America's last frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eMechele Hughes came to Wasilla, Alaska (pop. 4200), looking for a new life and easy money. As an exotic dancer at the Great Alaskan Bush Company in nearby Anchorage, she was soon earning thousands a night—and getting expensive gifts from admiring male clients. Three in particular fell under her spell. Each claimed to be engaged to her . . . and they all lived with her together in the same house. But in May 1996, the bullet-ridden body of Kent \"T.T.\" Leppink, a local fisherman and one of her fiancés, was discovered in a wooded area ninety miles away—possibly slain by suitor number two, John Carlin III, at the stripper's urging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years would elapse before the arrests and trials of Mechele Hughes Linehan and John Carlin III. Was the real Mechele a murderess, a ruthless sexual manipulator as the prosecution claimed, killing for insurance money—or the loving wife and mother she had since become, dedicated to children, animals, and charitable causes?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118946697456,"sku":"9780061887598","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061887598_p0.jpg?v=1763623804","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061887598","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}