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Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen
by
Peter Manso
In January 2002, forty-six-year-old Christa Worthington was found stabbed to death in the kitchen of her Truro, Cape Cod, cottage, her curly-haired toddler clutching her body. A former Vassar girl and scion of a prominent local family, Christa had abandoned a glamorous career as a fashion writer for a simpler life on the Cape, where she had an affair with a married fisherm...more
Hardcover, 448 pages
Published
July 5th 2011
by Atria Books
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This meticulously researched book by Peter Manso reads like a crime thriller. Unfortunately, it's not. It's a detailed account of a crime that shocked Cape Cod residents, and many others around the country, in January 2002. The media pounced on the story that had it all: sex, money, racism, violence and the heart-wrenching image of a little girl found beside her mother's bloody body.
Christa Worthington was the fashion writer referenced in Manso's subtitle, a Vassar graduate who'd spent her twen...more
Christa Worthington was the fashion writer referenced in Manso's subtitle, a Vassar graduate who'd spent her twen...more
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To get into this book, I think you should really read Invisible Eden by Maria Flook first. Otherwise the names of characters and timeline can get a little confusing. Invisible Eden describes the murder of Christa Worthington, and Reasonable Doubt describes the arrest and trial of the "killer." Whether you believe Christopher McCowen to be guilty or not is really up to you, though.
There are a lot of typos in this book which can be distracting and makes me think it didn't have a good final edit....more
There are a lot of typos in this book which can be distracting and makes me think it didn't have a good final edit....more
Story of the arrest and conviction of Christopher McCowen for the murder of Christa Worthington. Despite the clear presence of reasonable doubt, Mr. McCowen was convicted and this book does an excellent job describing the political corruption and rascism that played an integral role in the jury's decision.
Yet another case of justice gone off the rails.
It has begun as a well-written true story. It is also very contemporary. More about it after I finish.
I fear the justice system is in bad shape on Cape Cod. There certainly seems to be cause for an appeals. A definite work about injustice.
I fear the justice system is in bad shape on Cape Cod. There certainly seems to be cause for an appeals. A definite work about injustice.
Reasonable Doubt lost its thunder for me, too many characters and typos for me to continue reading. Maybe some other time....
excellent book of all the true crime books i have read I Firmly believe the man who was convicted of this crime was "railroaded" because of his race an because of politics....
Read about 100 pages over three days. Just couldn't get into it. Had a hard time following what was going on and keeping all the players straight.
Interesting subject, horrible writing -- as if no one edited it! Couldn't get past the first 100 pages.
This murder took place down the street from where we stay on the cape. Really captivating and sad...
Excellent.
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