{"product_id":"blood-ink-the-scandalous-jazz-age-double-murder-that-hooked-america-on-true-crime-isbn-9780063001749","title":"Blood \u0026 Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eEditor's Pick \u0026amp;\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eBest True Crime of 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Blood \u0026amp; Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is among 2022’s best works of true crime.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e’s Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath a crabapple tree on an abandoned farm outside of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The killer had arranged the bodies in a pose conveying intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe murder of Hall, a prominent clergyman whose wife, Frances Hall, was a proud heiress with illustrious ancestors and ties to the Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson dynasty, would have made headlines on its own. But when authorities identified Eleanor Mills as a choir singer from his church married to the church sexton, the story shocked locals and sent the scandal ricocheting around the country, fueling the nascent tabloid industry. This provincial double murder on a lonely lover’s lane would soon become one of the most famous killings in American history—a veritable crime of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The bumbling local authorities failed to secure any indictments, however, and it took a swashbuckling crusade by the editor of a circulation-hungry Hearst tabloid to revive the case and bring it to trial at last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood \u0026amp; Ink \u003c\/em\u003efreshly chronicles what remains one of the most electrifying but forgotten murder mysteries in U.S. history. It also traces the birth of American tabloid journalism, pandering to the masses with sordid tales of love, sex, money, and murder. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Joe Pompeo vividly brings to life all of the color, drama, and intrigue of a century-old murder case that continues to baffle investigators to this day. Set against the backdrop of a form of journalism that would metastasize in the decades that followed, \u003cem\u003eBlood \u0026amp; Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is a deft piece of investigative reporting and storytelling that refuses to lose its grip on the reader.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan Burrough, bestselling co-author of Barbarians At the Gate and Forget the Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pompeo retells the whole sordid business with care and authority, deftly pacing its astonishing developments... \u003cem\u003eBlood \u0026amp; Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is among 2022’s best works of true crime.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pompeo brilliantly presents one of the most fascinating cases in the annals of true crime, the Hall-Mills murders. Pompeo investigates a story that fuses religion, betrayal, greed, and adoration, which offers us a complex and tragic portrait of a love story that seemed almost doomed from start.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pompeo expertly tells the rip-roaring tale of a century-old murder and the ongoing mysteries surrounding the deaths of a minister and his choir-singer lover. Pompeo also shows how the rise of the New York City tabloids kept the scandal alive from one generation to the next. I couldn’t put it down. You won’t be able to either.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compulsively readable account of a sensational unsolved double murder a century ago . . . Pompeo provides the definitive account of the murders. This is essential reading for true crime buffs.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBlood \u0026amp; Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is an addictive whodunit and a vivid depiction of a crime that gripped a generation of newspaper readers.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deliciously tawdry, well-told tale . . . [Pompeo's] research is exhaustive, his command of details complete, the narrative fast paced and captivating . . . The result is first-rate historical true crime.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engrossing . . . Pompeo's book is as much about the rise of tabloid journalism and the American public's appetite for lurid true-life tales as it is about the crime itself.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890461765861,"sku":"NP9780063001749","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063001749.jpg?v=1730233336","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blood-ink-the-scandalous-jazz-age-double-murder-that-hooked-america-on-true-crime-isbn-9780063001749","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}