Description: A murder trial scandalizes the upper echelons of Long Island society, and the reader is on the jury. Inspired by the most sensational murder trial of its day, this is a pioneering courtroom mystery, and one of the first of such books to popularize the form.
Brief description: Hank Phillippi Ryan is the bestselling author of eleven novels, including psychological thrillers Trust Me and The Murder List. A past president of National Sisters in Crime, Ryan's suspense fiction has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award, five Agatha Awards, and numerous other accolades. Alongside her work as an author, Ryan also has a successful career as an investigative reporter at Boston's WHDH-TV, where her ground-breaking journalism has been celebrated with 36 EMMY Awards and 14 Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Review Quotes: "Masterful . . . add this fine reissue of The Bellamy Trial to your reading list. It's remarkably written, it's carefully crafted, and it's more than worthy of your time and interest."-- "New York Journal of Books"