{"product_id":"murder-new-england-paperback","title":"Murder, New England - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. William Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue tales of murder in New England, from the colonial period to today, chronicled by a true crime master, New York Times bestselling author, and star of Investigation Discovery's new television show Dark Minds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling true-crime author M. William Phelps takes readers to his own backyard in eight bloodcurdling murder cases. Think New England is all bucolic landscapes and Robert Frost poems? Think again. In Murder, New England, Phelps explores different motives, themes, and community reactions to horrific crimes, including: The killing of Rebecca Cornwall, a 73-year-old widow who in 1673 was burned to death in front of her bedroom fireplace on an island in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay.The 1879 case of Holyoke, Massachusetts, millworker John Kemmler, who lost his job and then killed his daughters because he feared they'd be forced into prostitution.Boston, 1931, and the New England Mafia's murderous coming of age. The 2001 case of teenage slackers in Norton, Massachusetts, whose murder of a grandmother was blamed on TV, youth, drugs, sex, money, and rock-n-roll.And the 2008 murder of a young woman out for a jog in Woodstock, Connecticut, attacked by the groundskeeper of an estate owned by the puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. William Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling, award-winning author of more than twenty nonfiction books, and star of the Investigarion Discovery show, \"Dark Minds.\" Winner of 2008 New England Book Festival Award for \u003ci\u003eI'll Be Watching You\u003c\/i\u003e, Phelps--in addition to writing his hugely popular contemporary true-crime books--has written for the \u003ci\u003eProvidence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Journal, Hartford Courant, New London Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series \"Dexter.\" He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Rooming House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Right Hand\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Lyons Press). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47322381353209,"sku":"9780762778430","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aHVoVVFBek9YbzNFQlh1S1l2NEppdz09.webp?v=1769527533","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/murder-new-england-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}