Love Me or Else, Colin McEvoy
Love Me or Else, Colin McEvoy
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Love Me or Else
The True Story of a Devoted Pastor, a Fatal Jealousy, and the Murder that Rocked a Small Town

Author: Colin McEvoy, Lynn Olanoff

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/31/2018


Synopsis

On the outside, Mary Jane Fonder seemed like a kindly sixty-six-year-old congregant of the Lutheran church in Springfield Township, PA. But inside, she longed for the church's handsome Pastor Gregory Shreaves, a former golf pro who sparked her most sinful thoughts.

When Mary Jane let her feelings be known, the Pastor gently pushed her away. But her obsession only grew stronger when she became convinced that he was romantically involved with a younger church member, a woman named Rhonda Smith.

Rhonda was doing volunteer work in the church office one day when she was shot to death in cold blood. The trail of evidence led police to Mary Jane, and soon other suspicions were raised: Was she also involved in the mysterious death of her own father fifteen years earlier? This is the shocking true story of love, worship, and murder in one American small town.


About Colin McEvoy

Colin McEvoy is a reporter for The Express-Times, a daily newspaper based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Lynn Olanoff, covered the Rhonda Smith murder case extensively and it was during a jailhouse interview with them that Mary Jane Fonder first acknowledged responsibility for her crime. They wrote about the Fonder case in the St. Martin's True Crime book, Love Me or Else. Colin and Lynn have been married since 2008. Colin graduated from East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Colin currently resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bren fall in love with the sea. on August 09, 2019

Well this little book shook me up a bit. Every now and again I do enjoy reading a true crime novel. Some I cannot finish, if they are to graphic. Some are utterly fascinating, some fall flat. I'd say this one is in between. It concerns a murderer of a Church congregant by a fellow church goer and real......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal on February 05, 2018

Although I think it could have been better-edited and shorter, LOVE ME boasts writing that is significantly better than that found in many true crime books, especially those in paperback format.......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Marlene♥ on October 04, 2016

A nice well written true crime read. To be honest I expected that more would happen because it was soon obvious who the culprit was but it took a bit longer because of Mary Jane could not stop talking. lol. I did not get annoyed and I just thought it was all quite interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on April 01, 2021

I do like a true crime book. Saw this story on "Snapped" and decided to read it......more

Standard true crime. She should've gone with the insanity defense. She was crazy enough to pull it off.......more