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Wasted is everything a true crime book should be: lean, fierce, and unsparing. It’s factual, gory, and macabre.
-Austin Chronicle
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  • A TRUE CRIME

    Violet Crown 1999 Book Awards Finalist, Nonfiction

    Featured on Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Sins

    Featured on Investigation Discovery’s Scorned

  • Wasted
    A Crime That Shocked A City…

    In 1995, Austin, Texas was rocked by the brutal murder of a lesbian princess named Regina Hartwell. Even though Regina’s body was burned beyond recognition, within days police had two suspects. One was the beautiful ex-cheerleader who was the object of Regina’s desire. The other was a man who would take the fall for murder…

    A Killer’s Heinous Acts…
    In this new edition of her bestselling book Wasted, true crime master Suzy Spencer chronicles a fatal love triangle and lives driven out of control by sexual desire, drugs, and shocking childhood demons.

    A Twisted Road To Justice…
    Four years after Regina Hartwell’s murder, a new charge was brought against one of her suspected killers. Now, Suzy Spencer adds a new chapter to Wasted—detailing a killer gone wild, a nerve-wracking legal standoff, the shocking twists that would take place in a second, explosive trial…