Studies in Murder

The Lizzie Borden case (August 1892) was to Pearson “without parallel in the criminal history of America.” It takes center stage in Studies in Murder, and Pearson’s version is still considered the classic account of the Borden murders. The three other cases Pearson retells are “The Twenty-Third Street Murder” of New York financier Benjamin Nathan (July 1870); “Mate Bram,” about the double murder of a ship captain and his wife; and “The Hunting Knife” murder of Miss Mabel Page in 1904. Pearson... Voir plus