First published 2006
In 1963, a quiet Boston suburb is rocked by a brutal murder. As police scramble to find the killer, a black man is hastily convicted. But the real terror continues - the Boston Strangler is still at large. On the day of the crime, a carpenter named Albert DeSalvo was working in the neighborhood. Three lives collide in this taut, powerful account of a shocking crime that would change America forever.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, crime, non-fiction
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Belmont, Massachusetts
266 pages · Paperback