false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255890014m/6563121.jpg 6563121 1 <DIV><DIV><DIV><P>Forty-year-old William Coday lived the quiet life of a scholar. He spoke six languages and held degrees in history, literature, and library science. As a librarian in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he was known to be unfailingly kind and helpful. But you can’t always judge a book by its cover…</P><P>When Coday failed to show up for work one day, a concerned colleague looked for him at his apartment…only to discover the body of Gloria Gomez. Coday’s ex-girlfriend, Gomez had been bludgeoned to death with 144 blows by two hammers and a knife. Police at the scene had little doubt that Coday was the killer. But other, darker secrets from Coday’s past had yet to come to light…</P><P>In one of the most shocking crime cases and legal appeals in Florida history, an extraordinary courtroom battle began.What the jury did not know was that Coday, when he lived abroad, had beaten another ex-girlfriend to death; the courts there had deemed him insane. Who <I>was</I> William Coday: Mentally unstable? Or perfectly capable—and guilty—of murder in the first degree? Soon it would be up to prosecutors to prove who the real man was <B><I>BEHIND THE MASK</I>.</B></P></DIV> 6755983 book 2 6 2009 Behind the Mask: A True Story of Obsession and a Savage Genius (St. Martin's True Crime Library) total:5|5:0|4:0|3:2|2:3|1:0| 5 12 13 0 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 06:28:39 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 06:28:39 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 06:24:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 06:24:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 18:36:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:36:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 16:19:02 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 16:19:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 17:54:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:54:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:55:18 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:30:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 07:27:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:07:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 07:27:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Sep 05 18:59:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 15:09:09 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:59:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 15:33:52 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 15:33:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 11:28:36 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 11:28:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 10:27:52 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:27:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 05:19:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 05:19:59 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 21 08:47:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:47:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6563121