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Married to the Black Widow

By: Rob Parkes
Narrated by: Rob Parkes
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 WINNER OF BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2024

*AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4's 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY*

'Not many people know how much their life is worth. I do.

'The value of my life, or more specifically the cost of ending it, can be measured on a sliding scale based on method, reliability and efficiency. Fifteen thousand pounds would buy you plausible deniability and a brick across the back of the head from a London-based professional hitman. Or, if you're on a budget, five grand for "some nutter" to come down from Glasgow.'

Rob and his now ex-wife, Victoria, met at university. Their relationship started off happily, they married and moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. However, it quickly descended into a nightmare marriage of psychological manipulation, coercive control and emotional abuse - all from the woman who was supposed to love him.

Rob's life was gradually destroyed as Victoria extended a web of lies around him, manipulating, suffocating and isolating him from the outside world. It was only through his baby daughter, Grace, that he found the courage to leave Victoria. But even then, Rob could never really escape, and Victoria continued to haunt and torment his life. In fact, her actions became more and more extreme, culminating in approaches to at least six different men with requests to help her murder Rob.

As featured in Channel 4's 24 Hours in Police Custody, Married to the Black Widow is both a bone-chilling, real-life, psychological thriller and a powerful and honest true story of a father's unrelenting battle for freedom and justice.©2023 Rob Parkes (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited Abductions, Kidnapping & Missing Persons Murder True Crime Marriage Crime Emotionally Gripping Exciting Inspiring Scary Thought-Provoking Superhero

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What a story. Well told and gripping, I listened to the whole thing in a week. Thank you for sharing it, Rob.

Fascinating, and horrifying

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A true life psychological horror story.
Well written and read by the author who's ex wife victimised and terrorised him, trying to ruin his reputation and his life before seeking to have him killed.

Hell hath no fury

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What a relentless journey. This really is fantastically written. Gut wrenching and shocking, repeatedly. I'd highly recommend listening.

Wow

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Incredibly will written and read. Highly recommend. An interesting insight it to the family court and criminal justice system.

An excellent listen and an exceptional man who should be extremely proud of himself

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A Very well written and read. A sad and moving story. very easy to understand

Very well written and read. A sad a

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I first saw this story on the 24 hours in Police Custody episode and really grabbed me. I downloaded this on day one and whilst I haven’t finished it yet it has gripped me from the first moment I pressed play. If anyone wants to know about things like Coercive control and domestic abuse this is an all too real account of it. Highly recommended

Very powerful

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Fantastic listen,I don’t know where to begin to say how brilliant this man is ! He went through so much.
Thank god for you Rob 💙
Writing this book was a no brainer it had to be done 👍
Be Happy cos omg you so deserve to be x

Brilliant Dad & stepmum💙❤️

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A compelling story that is hard to turn off, I finished this book in around 48 hours and found Rob's performance clear, and engaging. The story is written to the point without endless pointless frills. Give it a go- its a super easy listen and an great insight to this crazy story.

Compelling and hard to turn off

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this story was so gripping and amazing. how someone went through this and was still so positive and wrote about it is amazing.

Amazing

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This is an incredible book . The story line is unbelievable, yet absolutely true . A book like this, although disturbing in places, has been needed for a while . It is the story of a devoted fathers fight for his child and ultimately his life . It was very well read by the author . I simply couldn’t stop listening .

Compulsive listening

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