{"product_id":"a-crime-without-punishment-arabella-ewing-9798248446650","title":"A Crime Without Punishment: The True Story of a Murderer Who Confessed - and Walked Free","description":"On a summer morning in Paris, two men walking through a park noticed something strange. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuitcases were leaking blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat police uncovered inside those suitcases led them to a small apartment on Rue Erlanger-and to a crime so disturbing it would shock two nations. The killer did not deny what he had done. He confessed. In detail. There was no mystery about guilt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet, there would be no trial.\u003cbr\u003eNo verdict.\u003cbr\u003eNo sentence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, the case slipped into a legal void-caught between mental illness rulings, sealed court documents, and an international system unprepared for what it had uncovered. What should have been a straightforward prosecution became something far more unsettling: a murder without punishment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo speculation.\u003cbr\u003eNo invented scenes.\u003cbr\u003eNo myths disguised as truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough court records, documented confessions, contemporary reporting, and later interviews, this book traces how a young woman lost her life-and how every safeguard meant to protect justice failed afterward. It examines the legal loopholes that made prosecution impossible, the international barriers that sealed critical evidence, and the cultural forces that transformed a murderer into a media curiosity instead of a convicted criminal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut this is not only the story of what happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the story of what didn't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe trial that never occurred.\u003cbr\u003eThe verdict that was never reached.\u003cbr\u003eThe family left without answers.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the question that still lingers decades later: How does someone confess to murder-and walk free? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with absolute transparency and respect for documented fact, A Crime Without Punishment exposes one of the most disturbing failures in modern criminal justice-and asks whether it could happen again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe crime is known.\u003cbr\u003eThe punishment never came. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd once you see how it all unraveled, you won't forget it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arabella Ewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248446650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Arabella Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997477581055,"sku":"9798248446650","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-crime-without-punishment-arabella-ewing-9798248446650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}