{"product_id":"lizzie-9780062564450","title":"Lizzie","description":"\u003cp\u003eLizzie Borden, America's most celebrated murderer, comes to vivid life in this riveting and chilling book by acclaimed author Evan Hunter as the portrait of a notorious woman unfolds with shocking clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLizzie Borden took an ax\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd gave her mother forty whacks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe saw \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhat \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eshe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehad done\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe gave \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eher father f\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eorty-one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recreating the events of that fateful day, August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts, and the extraordinary circumstances which led up to them, Evan Hunter spins a breathtakingly imaginative tale of an enigmatic spinster whose secret life would eventually force her to the ultimate confrontation with her stepmother and father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Lizzie Borden freed of history and legend--a full-bodied woman of hot blood and passion, fighting against her prim New England upbringing, surrendering to the late-Victorian hedonism of London, Paris and the Riviera, yet fated to live out her meager life in a placid Massachusetts town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeething with frustration and rage, a prisoner of her appetites, Lizzie Borden finally snapped . . . but how and why she was led into her uncompromising acts is at the heart of this enthralling, suspenseful work of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating the actual inquest and trial of Lizzie Borden with an account of her head-spinning, seductive trip to Europe, Evan Hunter portrays with a master craftsman's art the agony of a passionate woman and the depths of a murdering heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunter, Evan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEvan Hunter's writing career spanned more than five decades, from his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Blackboard Jungle, \u003c\/em\u003e in 1954, to the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's \u003cem\u003eThe Birds, \u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eCandyland, \u003c\/em\u003e written in tandem with his alter ego, Ed McBain, to his last novel, \u003cem\u003eFiddlers\u003c\/em\u003e. He was the first American ever to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. He also held the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master Award. The author of more than 130 novels and story collections, he died in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917432656146,"sku":"9780062564450","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c06d59dd-6c86-4fe6-af92-928c35f5399a.jpg?v=1738867029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lizzie-9780062564450","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}