The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty - Valerie Bauerlein [m4b] [AUDIOBOOK]
Title: The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
Author: Valerie Bauerlein
Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed, Valerie Bauerlein
Release Date: 20th August 2024 (Audible)
Originally Published: August 20, 2024 (First published)
Listening Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins / 480 pages (Hardcover)
Format: .m4b @ 66 kbps (VBR)
Language: English
Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Crime, History, Biography, Law, Southern, Family, Thriller
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210454076-the-devil-at-his-elbow
Description:
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Power, privilege, and blood—this is the definitive and thrilling true story of Alex Murdaugh&s violent downfall, from a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has become an authority on the case.
Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictator—the president of the South Carolina trial lawyers& association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his family&s law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his family&s 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respect—and fear—for a hundred miles.
When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile façade of Alex&s world could no longer hold. His forefathers had covered up a midnight suicide at a remote railroad crossing, a bootlegging ring run from a courthouse, and the attempted murder of a pregnant lover. Alex, too, almost walked away from his unspeakable crimes with his reputation intact, but his downfall was secured by a twist of fate, some stray mistakes, and a fateful decision by an old friend who&d finally seen enough.
Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alex&s ruin, award-winning journalist Valerie Bauerlein reported not just from the courthouse every day but also along the backroads and through the tidal marshes of South Carolina&s Lowcountry. When the jurors made their pilgrimage to the crime scene, trying to envision Maggie and Paul&s last moments, she walked right behind them, sensing the ghosts that haunt the Murdaughs& now-shattered legacy.
Through masterful research and cinematic writing, The Devil at His Elbow is a transporting journey through Alex&s life, the night of the murders, and the investigation that culminated in a trial that held tens of millions spellbound. With her stunning insights and fearless instinct for the truth, Bauerlein uncovers layers of the Murdaugh murder case that have not been told.
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