The Glassmaker's Wife Martin Lee
The Glassmaker's Wife Martin Lee In August of 1844, a man named Leonard Reed takes violently ill at his home near Heathsville, Illinois, and four days later he is dead. Arsenic poisoning.The suspect?…
Specifikacia The Glassmaker's Wife Martin Lee
The Glassmaker's Wife Martin Lee
In August of 1844, a man named Leonard Reed takes violently ill at his home near Heathsville, Illinois, and four days later he is dead. Arsenic poisoning.The suspect? The cause?
A hired girl, Eveline Deal, and the local apothecary, James Logan.The evidence? His wife, Betsey.The chief witnesses against her? Eveline claims she saw Betsey put a pinch of white powder inLeonard's coffee.Betsey Reed, a woman who dabbles in herbal healing, is known about town as a witch.
As the gossip and the circumstantial evidence mount, Betsey finds herself under the shadow of a trial--and a noose.A historical true crime for fans of The Trial of Lizzie Borden and The Good Sister, LeeMartin's latest weaves a tale of a pinch of white powder, a scorched paper, a community hungry for a