Under the Knife
- ISBN-10
- 0786011971
- ISBN-13
- 9780786011971
- Series
- Under the Knife
- Category
- True Crime
- Pages
- 445
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pinnacle Books
- Author
- Karen Roebuck
Description
A shocking true account of attempted murder, degradation, and violence details the case of Dr. John Christ, a Houston plastic surgeon who performed multiple plastic surgeries on his wife Carol to mold her into the perfect woman, and who shot her in the side of the face when she tried to leave him, forcing her to undergo a bevy of painful reconstructive surgeries. Original.
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