Many thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books/Citadel Press for gifting me a digital copy of this true crime book - 5 stars!
Shortly after Christmas in 2011, Russ Faria came home from his weekly game night to find his wife, Betsy, dead on the floor with what would turn out later to be 55 stab wounds. But the police who showed up felt that Russ didn't show the appropriate grief and didn't believe his story. They overlooked the fact that first responders said she was cold when they arrived, that Russ had an iron-clad alibi that proved he was no where near his home when the murder occurred, and that there was a suspect close by that they barely looked into. This book, cowritten by the prominent defense attorney who took on Russ' case, goes into the entire unbelievable story of how justice was anything but just.
A riveting read of a case that has been featured multiple times on Dateline and is soon to be a 6-episode mini-series. This will have you shaking in your boots for a multitude of reasons - the extent that evil people will go to for money and that there can be so many people hellbent on prosecuting someone who is obviously innocent but grateful that there are people like Joel Schwartz who are equally as intent on righting such a grievous wrong. A must read true crime book.
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