ESTHER Her Murder Haunts a Small Town in Oklahoma

Hardback. In April 1987 tiny Granite, Oklahoma, was still a town of open people and open doors. Then, on a blustery night, the realities of the modern world crept through one of those unlocked doors, and a respected ex-schoolteacher was raped and murdered in her bed. This is the story of the investigation into the killing of 73-year-old Esther Steele, the apprehension of two suspects, and the trial of one of them. It is also a tale of dubious justice as, seven years after the crime, the question of which of the pair actually killed Esther remains unanswered. It is, finally, the story of a town's loss of innocence, of the further passing of a kinder, gentler way of life, when Esther became the first murder victim in the town's long history. With Afterword. 294pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With tiny label to fpd, Vg+ in Vg+ dw.