"A man is murdered on a sleepy island, and three people are accused of murdering him: an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and the widow" --Publisher.
Documents the investigation into the death of Jenn Corbin, whose apparent suicide in December 2004 was later discovered to be a murder committed by her husband, Bart, who was also linked to the suspicious suicide of another woman years earlier.
Examines events that led to the death of Ann Marie Fahey on June 27, 1996, and traces the investigation and eventual trial in which Tom Capano, a politically powerful man with whom Ann Marie had been having a secret affair, was convicted of murder.
Presents an account of the October 2000 murder of Chris Northon, and his wife Liysa's subsequent conviction for the crime which she claims she committed in self-defense.