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The Final Word: The Hall-Mills Murders

by Nick Pelino, Jr., MAED.aedl

282 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0469; ISBN 1-4251-2065-2; US$18.00, C$20.70, EUR14.03, £9.30

A play based on the true story of the events surrounding the murder of a beloved minister and his pretty church choir singer mistress.

About the Book

This is a play based on the true story of the minister and the choir singer who were both found murdered during an illicit interlude under a crabapple tree in the playwright's hometown of Franklin Township, New Jersey in 1922. The play focuses on the suspicions that follows the minister's wife a Johnson and Johnson heiress and the press that haunts her as a bungled police investigation dog her every move and we are introduced to the star witness: The Pig Woman, the choir singer's "flapper" daughter and Casper Milquetoast husband who is a tyrant behind closed doors but a meek and mild man in public. The small town tapestry of characters are brought together by Joe a cub reporter who dutifully covers every detail of this bizarre yet amazingly true story of adultery and murder in 1922 New Jersey. This play has performed consistently to sold-out houses. It also brought about a demand for a sequel that was commissioned by Somerset County entitled THE HALL-MILLS TRIAL, that was performed in the actual courthouse where the event took place. This script will be made available by next year and can be produced as a third act to this two act play. This is the critically acclaimed play now available for the first time in print!

"A compelling tale of true crime that is reminiscent of Agatha Christie meets 'Our Town'. Not to be missed!"

Linda Trobolowsky, New Jersey Weekly News, November, 1993