BLOOD WILL TELL A Shocking True Story of Marriage, Murder, and Fatal Family Secrets

Paperback. They were the perfect family. For 20yrs, Ken and Kristine Fitzhugh and their 2 sons had lived lives of comfortable middle-class normality in the university town of Palo Alto, California - Boy Scouts, the PTA, family skiing vacations, a large circle of loyal friends. Then came the shocking news that Kristine Fitzhugh was dead, the victim of a terrible accident - or was she? But the blood told a different story. By the time the Palo Alto Police Department looked closer at the death of Kristine Fitzhugh, there could be only one conclusion. Someone had murdered Kristine in her own home, inflicting a series of horrific blows to the back of her head, and then cleaned up the mess to make it look like an accident. Who would do such a thing? It was none other than Kristine's husband of 33yrs, Kenneth Fitzhugh, beloved Scoutmaster, wealthy investor, father of 2 children - or so said the police. Protesting his innocence, Kenneth Fitzhugh was arrested and tried for the murder of his wife. And as the case progressed, one by one, the hidden secrets of the Fitzhugh family came spilling out - a long-ago affair with the family's best friend, a love child, financial woes, smouldering resentment, and a capacity for sudden, murderous rage. By the time it was all over, nothing would ever be the same for the family, a neighbourhood, and a bucolic university town. Illus. 326pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.