From the bestselling author of The Defense Never Rests, a look at the modern spate of spousal homicides.
This book provides an overview of several of the most famous homicidal husband cases of recent years, including:
• Sam Sheppard, who inspired the TV series and movie The Fugitive
• Jeffrey McDonald, who became the subject of the bestseller Fatal Vision
• Mister Perfect, Brad Cunningham, who was convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death
• OJ Simpson, whose dream team of lawyers defended the former pro-football player and movie star of the brutal murder of his ex-wife as the entire nation watched
• Claus von Bulow, immortalised in the book and movie Reversal of Fortune
• Robert Blake, former TV star, who was suspected of engineering the death of his conwoman wife
• Scott Peterson, a philandering sociopathic husband who almost escaped arrest for the murder of his wife and unborn child
• Lambert "Bart" Knol, who claimed he suffered from "substance-induced persistent amnesia" when he was accused of killing his wife of 38 years
These cases and others are presented in an objective manner by a knowledgeable voice that recognises that suspicion, and sometimes even conviction, are not always synonymous with guilt.
