A GREAT FALL. A Murder and Its Consequences

Hardback. The story of a chilling murder and the two extraordinary trials that followed it. It begins with the incredibly savage murder of a young married woman in a peaceful Connecticut village, and with the painstaking investigation that seems gradually to point to the guilt of her insane and hostile mother-in-law - an investigation that includes a series of interrogations by the Chief of Detectives of the State Police, Sam Rome, a dedcated but controversial policeman with a burning sense of justice. Then we see the full apparatus of the State turned against a blundering and bewildered young man who has brought suspicion on himself by his own actions. Subjected to lengthy interrogations and lie detector tests by other police officers, Harry Solberg, 20, recently married, is arraigned for murder. His trial is to be, in effect, the test of Sam Rome's judgement. 536pp. 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.