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On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line."  Her two children had vanished.  The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines—and wasn't resolved for seven years.  Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama, players and pawns in this bizarre crime that shocked the nation and tore apart a respectable suburban town.  The massive FBI and state police investigation ultimately centered on two men.  Dr. Jay C. Smith—By day he was principal of Upper Merion High ...

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On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line."  Her two children had vanished.  The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines—and wasn't resolved for seven years.  Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama, players and pawns in this bizarre crime that shocked the nation and tore apart a respectable suburban town.  The massive FBI and state police investigation ultimately centered on two men.  Dr. Jay C. Smith—By day he was principal of Upper Merion High School where Susan Reinert taught.  At night he was a sadist who indulged in porno, drugs, and weapons.  William Bradfield—He was a bearded and charismatic English teacher and classics scholar, but his real genius was for juggling women—three at a time.  One of those women was Susan Reinert.  How these two men are connected, how the brilliant murder was carried off, and how the investigators closed this astounding case makes for Wambaugh's most compelling book yet.

On June 25, 1979, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot. A massive FBI and state police investigation ultimately centered on two men of the school where Reinert taught. Wambaugh's re-creation of this astounding case makes for his most compelling book yet.

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Publishers Weekly
The bizarre, seven-year-long case of an Upper Merion, Pa., high school teacher, Susan Reinert, found murdered in 1979, and her two missing children receives masterful treatment from police novelist Wambaugh, who is now building a reputation as a true-crime writer. He shows the dead teacher's lover, colleague and beneficiary of her insurance policiesamounting to about $750,000to have been a superficial intellectual, able to dazzle impressionable high school students and to gather around himself a coterie of naive and trusting neurotics. There is no doubt in the author's mind that William Bradfielda Pied Piper of the chronologically adult but psychically underdevelopedcommitted the crime in concert with the former principal of the school, Jay Smith, whom he portrays as a sociopath. The skein of murder is highly complex, but Wambaugh unravels it superbly. 150,000 first printing. (February 16)
Library Journal
Wambaugh's latest is a true murder story in an unlikely setting: an upper middle-class suburban Philadelphia high school. English teacher Susan Reinert and her two children were the victims of a bizarre conspiracy hatched by her colleague William Bradfield and her former principal Jay Smith. Both men were convicted after a seven-year investigation. The case is also the subject of Loretta Schwartz-Nobel's Engaged to Murder ( LJ 2/1/86). However, Wambaugh's account is preferable. Where Schwartz-Nobel seems perplexed by Bradfield's character, Wambaugh convincingly identifies the guilty men's motives as sociopathic. Also, Wambaugh is a master of the crime genre and he deftly handles the twists and turns of the intricate plot. Recommended. Gregor A . Preston, Univ. of California Lib., Davis

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780553269321
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 9/28/1987
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • Sales rank: 422,767
  • Product dimensions: 4.21 (w) x 6.91 (h) x 1.04 (d)

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  • Posted July 1, 2009

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    Slow but interesting

    The troubling fact about this book is that you never do truly know anyone even if they are working very close to the public and not to mention part of our ever changing school system. I would have to say that background checks on anyone working closely with school children needs to be investigated thoroughly. It was a somewhat good read however slow and it was a little difficult trying to keep track of the character's themselves and the roles that they played.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2006

    Crazy educators!!

    A well written book, even if some of the lunacy of this case was either left out or embellished a bit. The fact is that our community still knows NOTHING about this case. Wambaugh was truly relentless in his pursuit of the info. of the case .

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 16, 2001

    Echoes in the Darkness

    This was a wonderfully written book. This one will be hard for you to put down. It is somewhat confusing at times, so you really have to pay attention. I had to read some paragraphs several times to keep everything straight. This is an excellent book. I can't wait to read another book by this author. This book is somewhat graphic at times in both a violent and sexual nature. This true story will leave you astonished and surprised. A wonderful read!

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