The Bellamy Trial

Frances Noyes Hart,Hank Phillippi Ryan

The Bellamy Trial
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Country
United States
Published
6 December 2019
Pages
336
ISBN
9781613161432

The Bellamy Trial

Frances Noyes Hart,Hank Phillippi Ryan

The trial of Stephen Bellamy and Susan Ives, accused of murdering Bellamy’s wife Madeleine, lasts eight days. That’s eight days of witnesses (some reliable, some not), eight days of examination and cross-examination, and eight days of sensational courtroom theatrics lively enough to rouse the judge into frenzied calls for order. Ex-fiances, houseworkers, and assorted family members are brought to the stand-a cross-section of this wealthy Long Island town-and each one only adds to the mystery of the case in all its sordid detail. A trial that seems straightforward at its outset grows increasingly confounding as it proceeds, and surprises abound; by the time the closing arguments are made, however, the reader, like the jury, is provided with all the evidence needed to pass judgement on the two defendants. Still, only the most astute among them will not be shocked by the verdict announced at the end.

Inspired by the most sensational murder trial of its day, The Bellamy Trial is a pioneering courtroom mystery, and one of the first of such books to popularize the form. It is included in the famed Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone list of the most definitive novels of the mystery genre.

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