A Murder in Wellesley: The Inside Story of an Ivy-League Doctor’s Double Life, His Slain Wife, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation - Softcover

Farmer, Tom; Foley, Marty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1512601063 ISBN 13: 9781512601060

Publisher: ForeEdge, 2017

Synopsis

On Halloween morning in 1999, Mabel Greineder was savagely murdered along a wooded trail in the well-heeled community of Wellesley, Massachusetts. As the shock following the brutal killing slowly subsided, the community was further shaken when the focus of the investigation turned to her husband, Dirk Greineder, a prominent physician and family man who was soon revealed to be leading a secret double life involving prostitutes, pornography, and trysts solicited through the Internet. A Murder in Wellesley takes the reader far beyond the headlines and national news coverage spawned by “May” Greineder’s killing and tells the untold story of the meticulous investigation led by Marty Foley, the lead State Police detective on the case, from the morning of the murder through Dirk Greineder’s ultimate conviction. Exhaustive interviews with key figures in the case, including many who have not talked publicly until now, contribute to an unprecedented behind-the-scenes account of how investigators methodically built their case against Greineder and how the sides taken by Dirk and May’s relatives aided the investigation but bitterly divided their families. A fascinating true-crime procedural that is also a deeply unsettling tale of the psychopath you thought you knew, of deceptions and double lives, and of families torn apart by an unthinkable crime. Culminating in one of the most dramatic courtroom spectacles in recent memory (aired nationally on Court TV), A Murder in Wellesley reveals the truth behind the murder that gripped a nation.

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About the Author

TOM FARMER, a former award-winning Boston newspaper reporter and editor, covered the Greineder murder case for the Boston Herald. MARTY FOLEY spent more than 24 years with the Massachusetts State Police before retiring in 2007 with the rank of Detective Lieutenant.

Review

“The Greineder murder case—one that I covered as a journalist and one that still gives me chills. In A Murder in Wellesley, authors Tom Farmer and Marty Foley show me all that I didn’t know about the investigation and its consequences. They take you deep into the heart of the murder probe and deeper into the black heart of the unlikely killer.” (Casey Sherman, author of Bad Blood: Freedom and Death in the White Mountains and co-author of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue)

“Mesmerizing from its first pages to its breathless conclusion, A Murder in Wellesley takes you on a twisting path that delves into the darkness lurking behind the façade of a perfect marriage. In bone-chilling detail, the authors recount a brutal murder in a wealthy suburb and reveal the step-by-step procedures investigators take to catch and convict the killer. The true-life narrative is cross between a murder mystery and a CSI spin off with heartrending portrayals of the victim and her family as well as an insider’s perspective on crime solving. Anyone fascinated by crime dramas will find this a page-turner.” (Stephanie Schorow, co-author, The Boston Mob Guide, and author, The Crime of the Century: How The Brink’s Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston)

“Farmer and Foley have cobbled together a fascinating true crime story that keeps you engaged all the way through. The detective work by Foley is brilliant, entertaining and frustrating as he weaves through the lies and deceit of a prominent physician convicted of planning then staging the murder of his wife. You will feel Foley’s suspenseful ups and downs as Farmer takes you from the crime scene to the courtroom exposing lust, sex, greed, and internal politics.” (Rod Englert, author of Blood Secrets: Chronicles of a Crime Scene Reconstructionist)

About this edition

• Publisher: ForeEdge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1512601063
• ISBN 13: 9781512601060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336