THE SUMMER WIND. Thomas Capana and the Murder of Anne Marie Fahey

Hardback. 'Summer Wind' was the name of a sport-fishing boat that cut through the waves off the mid-Atlantic coastline on a hazy Friday morning at the end of June 1996. And it was from, the deck of the 'Summer Wind' that Thomas Capano - lawyer, power broker, one of the most influential men in the state of Delaware - that day cast overboard an ice chest containing the body of his former lover, Anne Marie Fahey, in an act of heart-chilling arrogance for which he has never shown a moment of remorse. Now for the first time, the author offers a re-creation of the Capano-Fahey affair, the murder, and its aftermath. It is the story of a clash of two generations and two cultures, of the arrogance of power in a growing city, and of the decaying moral landscape of late-twentieth century America. At the story's centre is Tom Capano himself, the oldest son of one of the wealthiest families in Wilmington and one of the city's major players. Capano had always been his family's golden boy, the one who could do no wrong; by the age of 46 he was a millionaire several times over, a figure of political clout and a seductive charm. And his mistress - one of many, it would later emerge - was Anne Marie Fahey, the appointments secretary to the governor of Delaware. Not yet 30, the youngest child of a troubled family, Anne Marie was charming and ebullient, but also insecure, anorexic, and desperately needy. For 2yrs she was the perfect foil for his obsessive manipulation, until she finally called off their romance - and met her untimely fate at Thomas Capano's hand. Illus. in colour + Epilogue. 287pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in f. dw.