"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.
Examines the turbulent life of Diane Downs--filled with sexual obsession and violence--and chronicles the police investigaton that ended in her conviction for the 1983 murder of her seven-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her other young children.
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.