Blood Games: A True Account of Family Murder

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Blood comes the story of a greed so powerful it led to an unspeakable crime.

Wealthy Lieth von Stein lay dead and his wife Bonnie near death in their North Carolina home after a vicious assault with knife and baseball bat as they slept. The crime seemed totally baffling until police followed a trail that led to the charming von Stein stepson, Chris Pritchard, and his brilliant, drug-using, Dungeons-&-Dragons playing friends at N.C. State University. Blood Games is the shattering true story of degraded young minds—and a son’s gruesome greed turned horrifyingly real. Jerry Bledsoe masterfully reconstructs the bloody crime and its aftermath, as he takes us on a riveting journey into the secret twisted hearts of three young murderers.

“Haunting…addictive, chilling and a masterpiece of reportage…powerfully demonstrates that every heart is capable of darkness.”—Patricia Cornwell

“A powerful account…Mr. Bledsoe goes straight to the bigger issues.”—New York Times Book Review

“In Mr. Bledsoe’s hands, a mega-load of inert facts becomes a human story of hurricane force.”—Raleigh News & Observer

“Devastating…a brilliant account”—Publishers Weekly