Cruel Games - by Rose Ciotta (Paperback)

About the Book

Ciotta recounts the chilling true story of University of Pennsylvania economics professor Rafael Robb, an expert in the complex world of game theory, who confessed to the brutal killing of his wife. photos. Original.

Book Synopsis

University of Pennsylvania professor Rafael Robb was in a class of his own. An expert on game theory, his colleagues and students marveled over his brilliance. But his wife, Ellen, knew his dark, calculating side...and in December 2006, after years of alleged psychological abuse, she was finally ready to leave him. Her divorce papers were nearly in order and she was about to sign a lease on a new home--and a new life. Until she was found dead in the home she shared with Rafael and their daughter, Olivia.

Rafael claimed that Ellen was the victim of a fatal intrusion. Many of Ellen's friends and family suspected that Rafael committed the crime. Now, a high-stakes showdown was about to begin between local investigators and one of academic world's greatest masterminds. But the police had almost no evidence--and the professor had only one strategy: to win at all costs...

From the Back Cover

WHEN THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH

University of Pennsylvania professor Rafael Robb was in a class of his own. An expert on game theory, his colleagues and students marveled over his brilliance. But his wife, Ellen, knew his dark, calculating side...and in December 2006, after years of alleged psychological abuse, she was finally ready to leave him. Her divorce papers were nearly in order and she was about to sign a lease on a new home--and a new life. Until she was found dead in the home she shared with Rafael and their daughter, Olivia.

THERE ARE NO RULES...

Rafael claimed that Ellen was the victim of a fatal intrusion. Many of Ellen's friends and family suspected that Rafael committed the crime. Now, a high-stakes showdown was about to begin between local investigators and one of academic world's greatest masterminds. But the police had almost no evidence--and the professor had only one strategy: to win at all costs...

CRUEL GAMES

With 8 pages of stunning photos!

About the Author

Rose Ciotta is a veteran award-winning investigative reporter and editor. She resides in suburban Philadelphia where she is an editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. A native of Buffalo, NY and graduate of Syracuse University, she attended Stanford University on a John S. Knight journalism fellowship. She is a former board member of Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc., an international journalism group.