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photo: maureenboylewriter.com 282 pages; published by ForeEdge Books , ©2017 In 1988, nine women were murdered in New Bedford. Their bodies were disposed along the highway surrounding the town. As the bodies were discovered one-by-one, local and state police worked together to identify the bodies and bring the killer, or killers, to justice. Were these murders connected? That's just one of the questions waiting to be answered in Maureen Boyle's "Shallow Graves" . Boyle, who is known for her compelling true-crime novels set in Massachusetts, tackles the murders that captivated the city of New Bedford. The year 1988 was an eventful one for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its governor, Michael Dukakis had secured the Democratic nomination in the Presidential election , and the Boston Red Sox won the division title after sitting in fifth place at the All-Star Break. There were many reasons for Bay State residents to feel excited. The excitement in the former whaling...

242 pages; Published by Black Lyon Publishing , ©2021 Saxonbourg, Pennsylvania Police Chief Greg Adams stopped a vehicle on the cold afternoon of December 4, 1980. It would be the last stop of his life. Adams was gunned down by Donald Webb, a low-level mobster who spent the next 36 1/2 years in hiding after the murder. After Adams is shot, a tense ambulance ride to the hospital follows, but it is too late as the police chief is declared dead. A manhunt follows as the Saxonbourg Police Department tries to close in on the killer. Webb is able to escape their efforts, and it won't be the last time he proves to be elusive.  What happened during the next three-plus decades after Chief Adams' murder was an international manhunt that comprised of the Saxonbourg Police Department, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts State Police Departments, and the F.B.I. Maureen Boyle's "The Ghost" traces the work of different people from the Northeast who passed the baton and paperwork ...