From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] “He was still bleeding…” and so begins Sarah Schmidt’s fictional retelling of one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in history. On August 4, 1892, Andrew Borden, a wealthy Fall River, MA businessman and his second wife Abbey, were gruesomely axed to death in their home at 92 2nd Street. Schmidt tells the story through the voices of Lizzie, Emma, the oldest sister, Bridget, the maid, and Benjamin, a hired thug. From these four voices the maladjusted Borden family comes to light and the result is one truly dark and creepy account of the double homicide. A frugal and tyrannical father, Andrew Borden, killed all of Lizzie’s pet pigeons shortly before the murders. Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted of the murders by a jury of 12 men who believed a woman incapable of such a violent crime. Schmidt’s debut is a memorable drama that readers will find impossible to put down.