[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitted, Nonfiction, True Crime
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:34:19 -0700
It sounds like a fascinating book--and I echo Lissi's sentiments. Welcome
back and glad to see you'ree doing better (and to add -- Marilyn is a
superb scanner and her book wll be an easy one to proof
Cindy
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Marilyn,
>
> Welcome back. I'm so glad your wrist is healing.
>
> All of us have missed you, the proofreaders more than they know since most
> of the time you put books on the check out page for them without announcing
> all of your many contributions on the list. You are one of those precious
> volunteers who prefer to remain unsung heroes. It's good for you and good
> for us that you've mended so well.
>
> I better go and chase down any cats I may have let out of the bag.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
>
>
> *From:* Marilyn Beasley <mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 19, 2014 5:36 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Submitted, Nonfiction, True Crime
>
> THE WOODCHIPPER MURDER by Arthur Herzog, 265 pages
>
> In the style of a brilliant detective novel, Arthur Herzog skillfully
> re-creates the hour-by-hour circumstantial details that inform this grisly
> true-crime narrative. Long Even though the Newtown, Connecticut, police
> listed Helle Crafts's disappearance as a routine missing-person case, Keith
> Mayo, a private investigator, knew the Danish-born mother of three hadn't
> skipped town nine days before Thanksgiving. He had been concerned for
> Helle's safety a month earlier when he had provided his client, an
> attractive thirty-nine-year-old Pan Am flight attendant, conclusive
> evidence of her husband's extramarital activities. An Eastern Airlines
> pilot and part-time policeman, Richard stood by his story that Helle had
> flown abroad on November 19 to visit her suddenly stricken mother. Richard
> was caught up in a succession of lies. A friend telephoned Denmark to learn
> that Helle's mother was healthy and unaware of Helle's whereabouts. More
> disturbing was the news, reported by the Craftses' baby-sitter, that a dark
> stain "the size of a grapefruit" had been noticed on the master bedroom rug
> soon after Helle's disappearance; now rug was gone. Mayo seized upon a
> single clue, and when it led to a remote landfill from which he unearthed a
> stained rug, he had the evidence necessary to bring the state police into
> the case.
> All pages, page numbers and chapter headings have been counted and
> formatted. Spell Check has been run and all indicated words were checked
> against the print book.
>
> Marilyn
> mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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