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Title: Truth is more interesting than this fiction...
Review: Mr. Paul has taken one of the most spectacular murder scandals in American history and made it the background for the story of a fictional young reporter breaking into the press world of Jacksonian New York. However, in the process he has fictionalized the murder of Helen Jewett and presented a preposterous ending which has nothing to do with the real facts of the true historical events. I would recommend reading "The Murder of Helen Jewett," by Patricia Cline Cohen, which, while a non-fiction book, is an incredible piece of detective work and far more suspenseful and fascinating than this rather bland piece of detective fiction by Mr. Paul.
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