num_pages: 448
description: Recounts the case of Barbara Stager, a seemingly devoted wife and community member whose murder of her husband was nearly ruled an accident until chilling evidence, including the death of her first husband, revealed Stager's secret double life. Reprint.
language: English
title: Before He Wakes
titlecomplete: Before He Wakes
genres: History, Adult, Mystery, Psychology, Suspense, Biography, Horror, Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime
ratings_count: 2438
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: Onyx