{"product_id":"2940170750412","title":"Murder in Palm Beach: The Homicide That Never Died","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe doorbell rings in the home of a prominent Palm Beach citizen, quickly followed by a shotgun blast that shatters a window, cracking the calm of a cool January night. Rodger Kriger falls to the floor, mortally wounded, leaving a wife and six children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder in Palm Beach: The Homicide that Never Died\u003c\/i\u003e is closely based on a sensational, real murder that happened in the posh oceanside town in 1976. In the thin guise of fiction, the audiobook contains shocking new information never before made public. Author Bob Brink, an award-winning journalist, was a newspaper reporter in the locale where the sensational assassination occurred. It made media headlines for 15 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious prosecutor pins the deed on Mitt Hecher, a hoodlum and karate expert. At Hecher's trial, fellow jail inmates testify that he confessed. He is convicted and sentenced to the brutal and anarchic state prison at Raiford, where a stabbing a day and a killing a week are the \"mean\" average.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudges repeatedly frustrate Hecher and several attorneys working without fees to get a new trial, as investigators pursue myriad scenarios. Meanwhile, his wife contracts a deadly disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas Hecher innocent, and if so, who did it? Did the sons of a wealthy Cuban kill Kriger? Were the operators of a gambling enterprise out to get him? Was a love triangle the basis for the shooting? Did a vicious underworld figure do the bidding of a criminal gang? Was a prominent politician behind the slaying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose are the questions seeking answers amid the exploration of issues of justice and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder in Palm Beach\u003c\/i\u003e is the saga of a battle between a man whose swagger has sent him spiraling to the bottom and powerful, sinister forces determined to keep him there. It is a story of redemption wrapped in a mystery tale reeking with power, sex, violence, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098540720368,"sku":"2940170750412","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170750412_p0.jpg?v=1763716262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170750412","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}