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Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert Desalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders - Hardcover
When DeSalvo confessed to being the notorious Boston Strangler, he became an overnight celebritybut it was all a hoax. Susan Kelly reveals the true DeSalvo, a pathological liar, and the true suspects of the Boston stranglings.
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Susan Kelly is a Massachusetts writer and the author of six novels: The Gemini Man, The Summertime Soldiers, Trail of the Dragon, Until Proven Innocent, And Soon I'll Come to Kill You, and Out of the Darkness.
Susan Kelly's thesis is that there was not just one Boston Strangler, but several. She asserts that Albert DeSalvo, already in prison for burglary and sex crimes, confessed to all the murders for the notoriety and the money that would come from a book. There was no physical evidence tying DeSalvo to the killings, and, while there were several other possible suspects, city officials and police were determined to calm a frantic public by quickly naming a killer. Lorna Raver brings an intelligent energy to this nonfiction account. Raver's narration is engrossing as Kelly lays out the gruesome particulars of each of the 13 murders alleged to be the Strangler's. However, as with many true-crime books, too many tedious details detract from the book's forward momentum. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherDiane Pub Co
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0756757223
- ISBN 13 9780756757229
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages366
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