First published 2017
On Halloween night 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was found murdered outside her Greenwich, Connecticut home. Twenty-seven years later, the state convicted her neighbor Michael Skakel of the crime after spending $25 million on the prosecution. The trial became a national media sensation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Skakel's cousin, believed justice had gone wrong. Kennedy conducts his own investigation into the decades-old murder case. He examines the evidence that led to Skakel's conviction and uncovers what he sees as a web of corruption and perjury. Kennedy argues that his cousin was wrongfully convicted through prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony, and media manipulation. He presents his case that Skakel was innocent and identifies who he believes actually killed Martha Moxley. This revised edition includes updates following the Connecticut Supreme Court's involvement in the case.
Genres: 20th-century, mystery, crime, non-fiction, 21st-century, true-crime
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Greenwich, Connecticut
Period: 1975, 2002
344 pages · Paperback · Skyhorse
Content warnings: murder