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The Devil at His Elbow : Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593500606
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged)
- Publisher: Canada : Random House Publishing Group, 2025.
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| General Note: | LA |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous TRUE CRIME / Murder / Mass Murder TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime |
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠âThe definitive account of the Murdaugh murders. Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentariesâthis is the version of the story youâll want to read. And once you pick it up, you wonât be able to put it down.ââJohn Carreyrou, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Bad Blood
Power, privilege, and bloodâthis is the true story of Alex Murdaughâs violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case.
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Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictatorâthe president of the South Carolina trial lawyersâ association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his familyâs law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his familyâs 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respectâand fearâfor a hundred miles.
When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile façade of Alexâs world could no longer hold. His forefathers had covered up a midnight suicide at a remote railroad crossing, a bootlegging ring run from a courthouse, and the attempted murder of a pregnant lover. Alex, too, almost walked away from his unspeakable crimes with his reputation intact, but his downfall was secured by a twist of fate, some stray mistakes, and a fateful decision by an old friend whoâd finally seen enough.
Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alexâs ruin, award-winning journalist Valerie Bauerlein reported not just from the courthouse every day but also along the backroads and through the tidal marshes of South Carolinaâs Lowcountry. When the jurors made their pilgrimage to the crime scene, trying to envision Maggie and Paulâs last moments, she walked right behind them, sensing the ghosts that haunt the Murdaughsâ now-shattered legacy.
Through masterful research and cinematic writing, The Devil at His Elbow is a transporting journey through Alexâs life, the night of the murders, and the investigation that culminated in a trial that held tens of millions spellbound. With her stunning insights and fearless instinct for the truth, Bauerlein uncovers layers of the Murdaugh murder case that have not been told.
