Ben's Final Checkmate: The Tragic Story of Mental Illness, Murder and Suicide Which Tear Apart an Unsuspecting Family (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780228822028)

In this true story, the reader will find all the elements that will keep him on the edge of his seat. There is romance, humorous twists and turns, travel and adventure in a new marriage. Then the reader will follow the development of a psychotic illness in her husband's 2 adult children. Ben and his sister, Ellen, are educated and leading professional careers until they develop paranoid schizophrenia, which they inherit from their mother. In his delusional state, Ben jumps in front of a subway and is decapitated after first killing his own young son. Two years later, his sister Ellen hangs herself from a shower rod. Ben's actions start a house of cards, for three more deaths will occur after his own. It's a story of intrigue that will both entertain and appall the reader.