An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville
No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence—and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction . . .

Janet March, artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a promising career as an artist, supportive parents, and a dream house she designed. But behind closed doors her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet had an appointment to finally file for divorce; she never made it to see her lawyer—because on the night of August 15, she vanished.

Her disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy that revealed to the world Perry March’s seedy dealings in the underbelly of Nashville. But he took his children and absconded away to a new life in Mexico. For ten years, Janet’s parents fought their depraved son-in-law through the court system in what would become an international custody battle culminating in Perry’s dramatic extradition to Tennessee.

Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle but never found a body. In spite of overwhelming odds, cold case detectives and prosecutors were determined to find justice for Janet—and with the help of a shocking surprise witness, they did.
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An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville
No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence—and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction . . .

Janet March, artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a promising career as an artist, supportive parents, and a dream house she designed. But behind closed doors her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet had an appointment to finally file for divorce; she never made it to see her lawyer—because on the night of August 15, she vanished.

Her disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy that revealed to the world Perry March’s seedy dealings in the underbelly of Nashville. But he took his children and absconded away to a new life in Mexico. For ten years, Janet’s parents fought their depraved son-in-law through the court system in what would become an international custody battle culminating in Perry’s dramatic extradition to Tennessee.

Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle but never found a body. In spite of overwhelming odds, cold case detectives and prosecutors were determined to find justice for Janet—and with the help of a shocking surprise witness, they did.
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An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville

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No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence—and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction . . .

Janet March, artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a promising career as an artist, supportive parents, and a dream house she designed. But behind closed doors her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet had an appointment to finally file for divorce; she never made it to see her lawyer—because on the night of August 15, she vanished.

Her disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy that revealed to the world Perry March’s seedy dealings in the underbelly of Nashville. But he took his children and absconded away to a new life in Mexico. For ten years, Janet’s parents fought their depraved son-in-law through the court system in what would become an international custody battle culminating in Perry’s dramatic extradition to Tennessee.

Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle but never found a body. In spite of overwhelming odds, cold case detectives and prosecutors were determined to find justice for Janet—and with the help of a shocking surprise witness, they did.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781635769180
Publisher: Diversion Books
Publication date: 12/14/2021
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 491,273
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Phyllis Gobbell teaches college English and writes a little bit of everything. Her true crime books include An Unfinished Canvas, co-authored with Mike Glasgow, and A Season of Darkness, co-authored with Doug Jones. She also wrote “Lost Innocence,” published as an audiobook and in the anthology Masters of True Crime. Gobbell has written three mysteries. Treachery in Tuscany won Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award for Cozy Mysteries. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Michael Glasgow is the author of An Unfinished Canvas, Feeding Memphis, and Feeding Charleston, and of The Career Chronicles and The Bridge: The Eric Volz Story (writing as Michael Gregory). He lives in Tennessee.
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