A Death in Belmont

Name: A Death in Belmont
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (27 reviews)
Author: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780061135019

Author: Sebastian Junger

Narrator: Kevin Conway

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/09/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, True Crime, Murder, Historical, Biography & Autobiography

Synopsis

“Riveting. . . reads like a novel. . . . A worthy sequel to The Perfect Storm.” —New York Times Book ReviewIn the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Blood, New York Times bestselling author Sebastian Junger examines the fatal collision of three lives during the infamous Boston Strangler serial murder caseIn the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a Black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of the murder, but the Strangler's terror continues. And through it all, one man escapes the scrutiny of the police: a carpenter working at the time at the Belmont home of young Sebastian Junger and his parents—a man named Albert.A tale of race and justice, murder and memory, this powerful true story is sure to rank besides such classics as Helter Skelter, and The Executioner’s Song.

About Sebastian Junger

SEBASTIAN JUNGER is the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe, War, Freedom, A Death in Belmont, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, and co-director of the documentary film Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He is also the winner of a Peabody Award and the National Magazine Award for Reporting.

About Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway has starred on stage in The Elephant Man and Other People's Money and in such films as Gettysburg, The Confession, and Ramblin' Rose.

Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on October 09, 2019

'A Death in Belmont' is guaranteed to be a great book club selection for discussion! In 260 pages it manages to offer several possible topics for a vigorous airing of opinions: 1. A white man, Albert DeSalvo, confessed to a dozen of the rape-strangulation murders of women around the Boston, Massachus......more

Goodreads review by Mara on April 25, 2014

Sebastian Junger is a great non-fiction writer in any circumstance, but he's especially well-suited to cover the Boston Strangler story. Why? Well, because the man who was in all likelihood the culprit of said stranglings was also working on an addition to his family's house in 1962 in Belmont,......more

Goodreads review by Will on October 19, 2008

When Sebastian Junger was a kid, a neighbor was murdered in a way consistent with the Boston Strangler, who was then stalking the city. A black man was convicted of the crime on rather inconclusive evidence. At the time, the construction crew working on a renovation project in the Junger household i......more

Goodreads review by Perri on April 09, 2025

If my mom had a near miss with a suspected serial killer, I'd want to write a book about it too. So, I get the impulse, but it's a meandering kind of story with random focus on different events and the necessary indecisive ending. Interesting enough overall, so I don't mind reading a book like that......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on November 11, 2018

I was a little dubious about Junger because he's been so over-hyped, but this is in fact an excellent book that looks at the Boston Strangler case from a somewhat sideways perspective (the death in Belmont of the title): a murder that Albert DeSalvo didn't confess to and that another man was convict......more