The Devil at His Elbow (Paperback)

Valerie Bauerlein

ISBN 10: 0593500601 / ISBN 13: 9780593500606

Editore: Random House USA Inc, New York, 2025

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Paperback. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive account of the Murdaugh murders. Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentariesthis is the version of the story youll want to read. And once you pick it up, you wont be able to put it down.John Carreyrou, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Bad BloodPower, privilege, and bloodthis is the true story of Alex Murdaughs violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case. Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictatorthe president of the South Carolina trial lawyers association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his familys law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his familys 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respectand fearfor a hundred miles.When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile facade of Alexs 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 whod finally seen enough.Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alexs 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 Carolinas Lowcountry. When the jurors made their pilgrimage to the crime scene, trying to envision Maggie and Pauls last moments, she walked right behind them, sensing the ghosts that haunt the Murdaughs now-shattered legacy.Through masterful research and cinematic writing, The Devil at His Elbow is a transporting journey through Alexs 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: The Devil at His Elbow (Paperback)
• Editore: Random House USA Inc, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0593500601
• ISBN 13: 9780593500606
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The definitive account of the Murdaugh murders. Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentaries—this is the version of the story you’ll want to read. And once you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down.”—John Carreyrou, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Bad Blood

Power, privilege, and blood—this is the true story of Alex Murdaugh’s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case.
 
Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictator—the president of the South Carolina trial lawyers’ association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his family’s law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his family’s 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respect—and fear—for a hundred miles.

When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile façade of Alex’s 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 who’d finally seen enough.

Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alex’s 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 Carolina’s Lowcountry. When the jurors made their pilgrimage to the crime scene, trying to envision Maggie and Paul’s last moments, she walked right behind them, sensing the ghosts that haunt the Murdaughs’ now-shattered legacy.

Through masterful research and cinematic writing, The Devil at His Elbow is a transporting journey through Alex’s 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.

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Valerie Bauerlein is a national reporter for The Wall Street Journal who writes about small-town America and Southern politics, economics, and culture. She has covered the South her entire career, including nineteen years at the Journal and four years at The State in Columbia, South Carolina. Ms. Bauerlein graduated from Duke University. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and their two children.