True Crime In New England - Massachusetts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180317292)

Twenty true crime cases. One state. Stories that New England would rather forget.

True Crime New England, Volume One - Massachusetts is a narrative true crime book collecting twenty documented murder cases from across the Commonwealth, drawn from the years 1965 to 1995.

From quiet suburban neighborhoods on the South Shore to the mill cities of the Merrimack Valley - from Cape Cod to the Pioneer Valley - these are real crimes, unsolved murders, cold cases, and shocking crimes that defined a generation in Massachusetts. Some were solved. Some remain open to this day.

Cases include:

The Garden in the Dunes: Four young women disappear from Cape Cod. Their bodies are found buried in the Provincetown dunes.

The Veterans: Patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital are dying at an alarming rate. A nurse is watching.

No One Would Tell: A teenage girl in Beverly tells her friends she is afraid of her boyfriend. She is found in a lake eleven days later.

The Most Beautiful Family: Three members of a family are murdered in their Townsend farmhouse. The case goes cold for years.

My Silence Has Been My Salvation: A thirteen-year-old altar boy is found dead in Springfield. A priest is never charged.

Plus fourteen more cases drawn from across Massachusetts - from Boston to the Berkshires.

This is not a book about killers.

It is a book about victims - real men, women, and children with histories, personalities, and families who loved them. Written in the tradition of narrative nonfiction true crime, every case is grounded in documented fact and told with the respect the victims deserve.

If you enjoy true crime books about real murders, regional crime history, and cold case investigations - this series was written for you.

TRue Crime New England is a six-volume true crime series covering all six New England states. Volume One is Massachusetts.

Readers of Erik Larson, David Grann, and Ann Rule will find familiar ground here.

Author: Karen McDonald,Phineas Strange
ISBN-13: 9798180317292
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2026
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d