A Death in Belmont
$18.99
Kernel of Truth
Without suburban murder stories, shows like 48 Hours couldn’t churn out 48 seasons worth of content. Belmont, MA is Sebastian Junger’s hometown, a small town 10 miles outside of Boston. As a toddler, his parents let Albert De Salvo into their home on the same day a woman was killed down the street. Was it the work of the Boston Strangler?
Product Description
“Riveting. . . reads like a novel. . . . A worthy sequel to The Perfect Storm.” –New York Times Book Review
In the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Blood, New York Times bestselling author Sebastian Junger examines the fatal collision of three lives during the infamous Boston Strangler serial murder case
In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a Black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of the murder, but the Strangler’s terror continues. And through it all, one man escapes the scrutiny of the police: a carpenter working at the time at the Belmont home of young Sebastian Junger and his parents–a man named Albert.
A tale of race and justice, murder and memory, this powerful true story is sure to rank besides such classics as Helter Skelter, and The Executioner’s Song.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sebastian Junger
Published: 04/03/2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060742690
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d
