Tangled vines : power, privilege, and the Murdaugh family murders / John Glatt.
"Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity--but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside. But as authorities scrambled for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention, dark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs, it turned out, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn't hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own; two years before he was killed, a highly intoxicated Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of a boat when it crashed and killed a teenage girl, and his light treatment by police led to speculation that privilege had come into play. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious deaths were linked to the Murdaughs, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged: a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything, even plan his own death, to save his family's reputation." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250283481
- ISBN: 1250283481
- Physical Description: 310 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : photographs ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Index included (pages 305-310). |
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Genre: | Informational works. True crime. |
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Rolla Public Library | NF 364.1523 GLA (Text) | 38256101899478 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |