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Cruel doubt

Cruel doubt

LawTrue Crime
Pages
488
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

In the summer of 1988, Bonnie Von Stein's husband was murdered and she was left for dead. The investigation initially pointed to her troubled son, Chris, but an airtight alibi and new evidence soon revealed a more sinister plot involving Chris's college friends and a bizarre Dungeons and Dragons fantasy. This true crime account delves into the dark secrets of a North Carolina family, exploring a chilling murder mystery, a tense courtroom drama, and a mother's heartbreaking struggle with doubt about her own children.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousGritty
BetrayalFamily Saga

Genres

Law True Crime Psychological Thriller

About the author

J
Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss was an American journalist and best-selling author. Joe McGinniss was born in New York on December 9, 1942. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1964 and became a general assignment reporter at the Worcester Telegram in Worcester, Massachusetts. Within a year he left to become a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Bulletin. He then moved to the Philadelphia Inquirer as a general interest columnist. At his death McGinniss was at work on a memoir chronicling his adv...