Seven Days of Rage: The Deadly Crime Spree of the Craigslist Killer
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The imminent murder trial of Philip Markoff will bring to light the many mysteries behind the secret life and unconscionable acts of the brilliant and well-liked Boston University medical student who came to be known as the Craigslist Killer: How did he conceal his dark side to all who knew him, even his sweet and trusting fiancée? If found guilty of a chain of violent crimes over the course of one week in 2009, including the murder of Manhattan model and masseuse Julissa Brisman in a Boston luxury hotel, what was his motivation? Why did he allegedly use Craigslist, the online bulletin board, to pick out his victims? And what were the clues—pieces of an astonishing puzzle—that led Boston police to arrest the clean-cut, all-American young man with no criminal record who was in reality an out-of-control thrill seeker hiding a lethal sexual life? This “compelling, suspenseful” (Publishers Weekly) day-by-day account from a producer from 48 Hours Mystery and a Boston Globe reporter goes behind the scenes to reveal how Markoff, once described as “a beautiful person inside and out,” hid his deadly obsessions from the world—and how the Internet can make any one of us the next victim of the most unlikely killer. Publishers Weekly Philip Markoff, an average 22-year-old med student with a devoted fiancé, stands accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint in a Boston hotel room on April 9, 2009, and killing another woman less than a week later. In this compelling, suspenseful narrative, author and TV producer LaRosa (Tacoma Confidential) and Boston Globe crime reporter Cramer lay out the chain of events surrounding the so-called Craiglist Killer and his victims--29-year-old Trisha Leffler (vulnerable, agreeable, quick to laugh) and 25-year-old Julissa Brisman (happy to flaunt her come-hither looks)--both of whom Markoff found on the internet classified ads site Craigslist. Among the sordid details, forensics and digital crime-fighting techniques combine to give police the evidence they need, and its emergence proves a particularly interesting aspect of the case. To their credit, LaRosa and Cramer don't let Craigslist off easy; critics blame the site for failing to monitor effectively its adult and erotic advertisements. Because Markoff remains in jail awaiting trial, readers will be left wondering over Markoff's true motives and ultimate fate. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
