Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

A True Story of Murder in a Small Town

by Richard W. Carson

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Pub Date Jun 13 2012 | Archive Date Mar 02 2014

Richard W. Carson | Bookmasters, Inc

Mystery & Thrillers | Nonfiction (Adult)

Description

First came the unsettling Ouija board prophesy that Robin Adams would die before her 17th birthday. When a minister summoned to rid the house of frightening phenomena blamed on the Ouija board, he was taunted and denounced by a neighbor and suspected Satanist. Thus, the die was cast for one of the most bizarre murder cases in Michigan history. In 1976, when Robin vanished without a trace from the village of Caro, police were left without a body, witnesses or anything remotely resembling a crime scene. The case went cold for six years. Then, when a rookie state police detective was assigned to reopen the the investigation, what followed reads like the chapters from a Stephen King novel -- right down to the claim that the killer's grandmother was practicing black magic to avenge efforts to bring him to justice.

First came the unsettling Ouija board prophesy that Robin Adams would die before her 17th birthday. When a minister summoned to rid the house of frightening phenomena blamed on the Ouija board, he...

Advance Praise

"Dick Carson is the consummate story-teller and reporter. A former newspaper reporter and editor, Carson spent more than two decades working on this true-crime book, which was originally published by Marquette Books and issued under a different title (Murder in the Thumb). The book was the most successful trade book Marquette Books has ever published. Readers constantly praised the writing, and word-of-mouth was the best advertising. However, the book was narrowly marketed (primarily in Michigan and surrounding states). The newer, tighter version (Fruit of the Poisonous Tree) is targeted to a national audience, and it has all of the ingredients necessary to become a national best-seller: tight writing, great stories (including witchcraft and strange coincidences), suspense, a smart police detective, quirky characters, and a surprise ending. You won't be disappointed." -Dave Demers, MB editor (FYI, the newer version has no connection with Marquette Books)