Playing with Fire

The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

A beautiful nurse. A lethal injection. A gruesomely charred corpse.

Nothing could have shocked the sleepy community of Morgantown, West Virginia, more than the lurid details that surfaced after a house fire claimed the life of Shelly Michael's husband, Jimmy. Local authorities suspected possible arson. Then they discovered that Jimmy had been dead before the fire even started - paralyzed by a fatal dose of muscle relaxant....

Did Shelly Michael, a respected nurse and mother, kill her second husband and torch her own home? Were the rumors true that she'd had an affair with her husband's employee only two weeks before the murder? Or did she kill Jimmy simply for the insurance money? Charged with first-degree murder and first-degree arson, Shelly would never stop claiming her innocence - even to this day.

©2010 John Glatt (P)2020 Tantor

Incredible. True crime.

This is a well told story with full attention to details and I loved the way the narrator told the story.

Excellent book and presentation!

Obviously well researched and well written, clear and precise--and with excellent narration! Well worth the time!

Well Presented

A straightforward account of a horrible murder. The narrator was first class.
I'll be buying more Audible from this author.

provided much detail

provided much more detail than what was provided by media and explained more of the case.

I Fell Asleep

Very slow telling of a not so exciting or mind boggling murder. Way too many characters introduced that didn’t really have a whole lot to do with the murder. I kept falling asleep and eventually slept through the end. I didn’t even back it up to hear the verdict.