CRUEL DOUBT.

Paperback. A riveting account of a small town murder; a terrifying tale of a seemingly ordinary family whose lives and illusions about each other were shattered one hot summer night - July 25, 1988. Newly wealthy Lieth Von Stein was brutally murdered as he lay in bed beside his wife Bonnie. She had also been stabbed and beaten, and apparently left for dead. McGinnis was drawn personally into the centre of this mysterious story. At Bonnie Von Stein's request, he set out on a search for the truth, only to discover a reality that threatened to eclipse even the worst of her fears. With a mother's unqestioning love, Bonnie staunchly defended her 20yr. old son, as suspicion mounted that this North Carolina State college student had arranged the murder in order to inherit his stepfather's wealth. The investigators soon found themselves in an eerie netherworld as new and mystifying leads suggested that the crime could have been a real-life enactment of a strange and sinister Dungeons and Dragons adventure. 488pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no crease mks.