Death of a Model

I'm not sure what the previous reviewer was talking about. Linda did not ask to be killed! She probably thought she was going on an honest photo shoot. Just because someone dresses a certain way or is a beautiful person, doesn't give a person the right to kill them. Linda was a beautiful woman. And to that reviewer....the killer's name is CHARLES RATHBURN. Not Tom. I wonder if you've known anyone that was killed. Then you'd be thinking differently and not suggest that Linda asked for it. As for the book...it was riveting from page one. I had heard about the case from my father, who suggested to read it because he knew that somehow we were related to that family. I still haven't found that connection yet. It was sad and horrible to read about such a beautiful person cut down in the prime of her life. May Linda rest in peace knowing that her killer is behind bars for the rest of his life without parole.

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!