Counterpoint: A Murder in Massachusetts Bay
In the summer of 1991, 37-year-old Martha Brailsford befriended a neighbor, Tom Maimoni, who told her his wife had recently died of cancer. Subsequently, Brailsford disappeared and her body?tied to an anchor?was found off the coast of Salem, Massachusetts. Maimoni, who was actually married to his fourth wife, had a history of approaching women with the "dead wife" gambit. He claimed that he panicked after Brailsford died by accident aboard his boat, Counterpoint, but he was convicted of second-degree murder. Press, a local resident and author of two mystery novels set in Salem, keenly illuminates the people and places surrounding the tragedy of a woman whose compassion led to her downfall. Of special regional interest and also recommended for larger true-crime collections.?Gregor A. Preston, formerly with Univ. of California Lib., DavisCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.