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One Breath Away

The Hiccup Girl - from Media Darling to Convicted Killer

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One Breath Away

By: M. William Phelps
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
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When she was 15, Jennifer Mee developed an unrelenting case of the hiccups - hiccupping as many as 50 times a minute for months. Soon the Florida teen's strange story went viral. Dubbed the "Hiccup Girl" by the media, she gained international sympathy and appeared on a slew of popular TV shows. Eventually Jennifer's hiccups went away, and so did her fame. Depressed and craving affection, Jennifer hooked up with the wrong people and slipped into drug dealing and street life - a downward spiral that led to the murder of an innocent young man. Now, renowned investigative journalist M. William Phelps expertly recounts Jennifer's shocking true story of thwarted desires, betrayed trust, and deadly manipulation.

©2016 M. William Phelps (P)2016 Tantor Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Murder True Crime Crime

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"Phelps is a true-crime veteran." ( New York Post)
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Tedious , not riviting, but complelling. narration was excellent and meaningful added to the story line. As a reader you seriously
wanted the end to be different.

Slow moving but needfull in order give accounting

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This particular book by Phelps was so drawn out I almost stopped never to return. It is such a crazy story. At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Mee is sentenced to life imprisonment for her participation in an ambush robbery that led to murder. She was not the trigger “man” but the one who set it up as well as the bait. The infuriating part of this horrible crime is that to this day she is not remorseful nor does she take any ownership in the taking of Shannon’s life.

So drawn out

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How a youtube oddity--The Hiccup Girl--missing her fame after weeks in the limelight due to her strange affliction, turned to drugs, violence--and murder

Bizarre...

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Phelps is normally a great true crime writer, but not here. Dropped this one about 60% of the way through when the same details/points were made over and over and over.

if you'd like to kill your liver, take a shot everytime the word 'hiccup' is said.

Repetitive

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I'll be returning this book at my first opportunity. Poorly written, too long for the content, boring story, wrong narrator... I can't say anything good about this book.

Waste of Time and Money

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