MISSING BEAUTY. A True Story of Murder and Obsession

Hardback. A distraught father walks into the newsroom of the 'Boston Herald' asking for help in locating his missing daughter, a beautiful commercial artist named Robin Benedict. The publication of her photograph sets in motion a murder investigation that leads to the arrest of one of her former lovers. But nothing is quite what it seems. Benedict is actually a high-paid prostitute in Boston's Combat Zone. The suspect is the eminent anatomist Dr. William Henry James Douglas who, it is learned, has been embezzling funds from his laboratory at Tufts University to support his costly entanglement with Benedict. The author reconstructs one of the most fascinating murder investigations in years - one which threads its way through many levels of Boston society. Robin Benedict's body was never found. Illus. + Bibliog. 478pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in Vg+ dw. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage.