Arthur Conan Doyle, on a 1922 visit to the United States, told reporters that the murder of Clarence Peters—then grabbing headlines across America—would make an “ideal Sherlock mystery.” The ...
A scion of wealth claimed self-defense and invoked a sinister blackmailing ring. But, James Polchin asks, what did they have on him? By Marisa Meltzer Marisa Meltzer is the author of “Glossy: Ambition ...
Polchin (Indecent Advances) combines a novelist’s gift for narrative and a journalist’s eye for detail in this riveting work of true crime. In 1922, the body of 19-year-old Clarence Peters was found ...
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