Actually, I get a “festering resentment built up through years”-vibe off this story. Whatever tipped her over the edge will turn out to be extremely banal, if we ever learn what it was.

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Police say she planned the shooting and escape, filling the trunk of her Subaru Impreza with books to read while on the lam.

When an injured George Hicks fled into his home, Reardon tried to follow by shooting the locked door three times, said police. She later told a sister she was sorry she hadn’t killed him.

“I just cannot believe I missed. I will never get another chance,” she told Angie Hicks, who then told police.

Reardon, 47, who was quickly captured, is being held at Washtenaw County Jail on a $500,000 bond. She faces up to life in prison.

Like her novels, the shooting carries an abiding mystery: Why did she do it?
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In a court filing, prosecutors gave the following account of the shooting:

Earlier in the day, Reardon withdrew all $2,000 from her savings account, bought the shotgun from a pawn shop and called her dad to set up a visit “to clear the air.”

Relations between father and daughter have been strained for several years. The source of the friction wasn’t identified.

Reardon arrived to find her dad watering the flowers at his Dexter home.

“We’re going to settle this right now,” she said, loading the shotgun as she left the car.

She shot him in the buttocks and left leg before he fled into the house.

Afterwards, she told her sister in a phone call that she was sorry, not about hurting her dad, but for failing to bury her cat.

Godfrey, who was her pet for 17 years, died before the shooting. It wasn’t known how long he had been dead.

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The article reveals she has long been troubled and had a breakdown the week before the shooting.

I like to think of myself well educated and to knowing a lot of authors’ names, but I guess I’m not educated enough. Who the hell is “Swivel”

that’s an excellent question! please tell us who the hell you are, Swivel!

With any luck, swivel will do something within the next couple days and we can complete the trifeca.So come on swivel, help a brother out and get arrested this weekend.

I like to think of myself well educated and to knowing a lot of authors’ names, but I guess I’m not educated enough. Who the hell is “Swivel” ?

their Amazon descriptions point to books full of family issues, murder, addiction and incest.

Maybe this is a glimpse into why she shot her Dad, in the ass no less, and also why she didn’t seem to show remorse. Who knows…..

I wonder what prompted her to shoot her dad though..

So come on swivel, help a brother out and get arrested this weekend.

Yeah swivel, I can get you a shotgun and can even point you to a few people that need to be shot in the ass.