{"product_id":"genealogy-of-a-murder-by-lisa-belkin-9781324076124","title":"Genealogy of a Murder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndependence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man—a prisoner out on parole—had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman's fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlvin Tarlov, David Troy, and Joseph DeSalvo were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents who'd left different homelands for the same American Dream. How did one become a doctor, one a cop, and one a convict? In \u003cem\u003eGenealogy of a Murder\u003c\/em\u003e, journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of each of these three men—one of them her stepfather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer canvas is large, spanning the first half of the 20th century: immigration, the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical experiments, politics and war, the nature\/nurture debate, epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, and the history of motorcycle racing. It is also intimate: a look into the workings of the mind and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing these threads to their tragic outcome in July 1960, and beyond, Belkin examines the coincidences and choices that led to one fateful night. The result is a brilliantly researched, narratively ingenious story, which illuminates how we shape history even as we are shaped by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072530661612,"sku":"9781324076124","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11445633482659.jpg?v=1765116027","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/genealogy-of-a-murder-by-lisa-belkin-9781324076124","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}