Red Zone: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling

by Aphrodite Jones

Book Overview

It was the story that shocked the nation and captured headlines for more than a year. In January 2001, Diane Alexis Whipple bled to death in the hallway of her ritzy Pacific Heights apartment building... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060537795
• ISBN13: 9780060537791
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An Important Story

How can an illicit prison gang business venture be allowed to cost someone's life? Outside of prison!? Aphrodite Jones' book shows you how the justice system, as hard as it tries to be fair, cannot always keep the public safe. The details in this book about prison gang enterprises are outrageous. Red Zone is my faveorite book by Aphrodite Jones. She still shows her skill for meticulous research.

Gripping and Disturbing--As It Should Be

In one sense, Red Zone is not an easy book to read: it is, as it ought to be, a gripping but profoundly disturbing story of frightening people engaging in shocking activities. The horrible attack by dogs trained to kill, the attack that caused the death of Diane Whipple, is terrible in its own right, and the reader cannot help but feel compassion for the innocent victim. But as Aphrodite Jones reveals in her book, there many more layers to the story than there seem at first to be.As she examines the case, Jones quickly takes one into a world that, one suspects, most readers have never imagined and could never imagine: a world in which lawyers seem to lose their bearings and come under the influence of an apparently charismatic convict already in prison yet still engaging in criminal activities. That the criminal activities engaged in by Aryan Brotherhood member Paul Schneider and lawyers Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel are by now fairly well known is due in no small part to Ms. Jones' book.The story is presented in a clear and unaffected style that draws attention to the contents rather than to the writer. A tale of unfolding and deepening levels of horror, the book is also a readable and well-researched example of what good investigative reporting can uncover and deliver. I recommend this book. I have, in fact, recommended Red Zone in my college-level essay writing classes to students who are interested in researching current/recent events, as I have also recommended Ms. Jones' earlier book, All S/he Wanted.

A Page Turner

As a follower of Ms. Jones' work, I have read all of her books. I think Red Zone is her best to date, even better than Cruel Sacrifice, one of the best true crime books I've read to date. I think the fact that she dedicated the book to Diane Whipple is interesting, and I think the message in this book is important for animal lovers and pet owners everywhere. Even though the story is really about two Pacific Heights lawyers who were responsible for Whipple's death, the book makes a great point about people's responsibility to their animals. I highly reccomend it and look forward to her next.

CHILLING STORY

I have been looking forward to the release of this book as I was SURE there was more behind the murder of Diane Whipple than what was coming out in the papers. This book is a gripping read, a disturbing look at what prisoners are capable of even behind bars. It's maddening that this slaughter of such a beautiful, vibrant young woman could have been avoided. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the truth behind the dogs, the prison system, the Aryan Brotherhood and Noel/Knoller.