The neat and pristine-clean confines of Belle Haven, the richest corner of town, had never anticipated murder. Its citizens became frightened and perplexed. Martha Moxley was savagely killed in a manner that Belle Haven townspeople would have expected only in a Stephen King novel. For more than 20 years, the killer has evaded punishment, although suspicion heavily points to at least one member of this family, the Skakels. Others are of the opinion that the unsolved murder is merely a case of simple small-town police inexperience.
Factions support each theory.
They are wrong. Greenwich may be richer, prettier, and safer than most places on this earth, but it is not immune to evil. The Belle Haven peninsula posed special problems. This wealthy enclave was a distillation of the Greenwich image remote, superior, and gorgeous. But underneath, Belle Haven was a place of considerable sorrow.