When Evil Rules : Vengeance and Murder on Cape Cod

by McPhee, Michele R.

• ISBN13: 9780312947750
• ISBN10: 0312947755
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-04
• Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime

Summary

The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side... Local businessman and infamous bully Melvin Reine had started setting the homes of his so-called enemies on fire. Few of his victimsor even the policeever dared to implicate him. Because those who did would pay the price...Mysterious events kept creeping up in Falmouth. The disappearance of Melvin's wife, a dead man found in a cranberry bog,a teenager slated to testify against Melvin who boarded a ferry, never to be seen againwas Melvin somehow responsible? Only one police officer, John Busby, had the guts to press him for answers. One day he found himself on the wrong end of a sawed-off shotgun...but managed to survive the attack. This is the shocking true story about what can happen to an all-American townWHEN EVIL RULES.

Author Biography

Michele R. McPhee is the author of the bestselling true crime book, Mob Over Miami. The former award-winning Police Bureau Chief for the New York Daily News, she was the courts and crime reporter for the Boston Herald and is now a full-time radio show host and a columnist for Boston Metro. She hosts a nightly radio show on Boston’s Talk Evolution 96.9 FM WTKK, the Michele McPhee Show. 

McPhee’s true crime stories have appeared in more than a dozen national magazines, including Maxim, Stuff, Cosmopolitan, New York, ESPN the Magazine, Gotham, Manhattan File, and other international publications. 

She was the host of two Court TV Mugshot specials and her reporting is also featured in the A&E TV special, Crime Ink. Her journalism has taken her to crime scenes across the country and has made her a commentator on breaking news for CNN, MSNBC, and the Fox News Network.

She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her dog, Wilbur.

Table of Contents

A TOWN UNDER TERROR

The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side… Local businessman and infamous bully Melvin Reine had started setting the homes of his so-called enemies on fire. Few of his victims—or even the police—ever dared to implicate him. Because those who did would pay the price…

A CRIMINAL PROTECTED BY CROOKED COPS

Mysterious events kept creeping up in Falmouth. The disappearance of Melvin’s wife, a dead man found in a cranberry bog, a teenager slated to testify against Melvin who boarded a ferry, never to be seen again—was Melvin somehow responsible? Only one police officer, John Busby, had the guts to press him for answers. One day he found himself on the wrong end of a sawed-off shotgun…but managed to survive the attack. This is the shocking true story about what can happen to an all-American town WHEN EVIL RULES.

With 8 pages of compelling photos!

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