Cold Water Crossing: An Account of the Murders at the Isles of Shoals

Sometimes a murder story lingers for years after the event. This one has lingered for more than a century, especially in New England. The setting is winter, 1873 on a small, obscure island ten miles off the coast of Maine. Three women await the return of their men the following morning. A killer, who learns they are alone for one night, is rowing to their island, across ten miles of open sea.



The next day, a horrific scene is discovered. It stuns the seacoast towns and begins a series of eve...