Finished Fr 3/17/23
This is one of my ancient hardbacks that I apparently had never read.
True Crime (non-fiction) written by the prosecutor at the trial of the Manson family.
It's a great read and deep into the weeds about the art of how a top flight lawyer operates.
A man is found shot several times in his living room and part of the house is engulfed in flames. All of the man's important documents (will, insurance policies) are in a box near where he is found. His wife had a lover and the police immediately suspect they are behind the murder, but they can't prove it.
Many years later the lover's new wife is also murdered and the authorities have difficulty making their case.
From the book's page at Amazon:
"On December 11, 1966, a mysterious assassin shot Henry Stockton to death, set his house on fire, and left the scene without a trace. A year later, when a woman was found brutally killed, shreds of evidence suggested a connection between the two murders.
In the Palliko-Stockton trial, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi offered a brilliant summation that synthesized for the jury the many inferences and shades of meaning in the testimony, fitting all the pieces together in a mosaic of guilt. But will the jury be persuaded?"
From a reader's review at paperbackswap.com:
"Rooted in greed, seething with the fury of unleashed passions, this bizarre story of poolside living, pickups in singles bars and sudden violence begins with the Palliko-Stockton double murders. It ends when a sulky-faced playboy and his sultry blonde paramour are finally brought to trial in L.A. The prosecutor is Vincent Bugliosi, co-author of Helter Skelter, the man who put Mansion behind bars. There is a no smoking pistol, no physical evidence, no living eyewitness to prove the defendants guilt beyond the shadow of a doubt. It is up to Bugliosi to get the proof that will convict the two murderers."
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