Killing the Bordens: Lizzie Borden and the Unsolved 1892 Borden Murders

"Masterfully crafted tale of one of history’s greatest unsolved crimes.” - BookLife Reviews, Editor's PickDid Lizzie Borden really murder her parents?“Lizzie Borden took an axe,Gave her mother forty whacks,When she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.“On the morning of August 4, 1892, Abby and Andrew Borden were brutally murdered in their home, only a few steps from passersby. No trace of the killer or killers was found.But there were suspects.The daughters, Emma and Lizzie Borden, were suddenly wealthy women. Lizzie and the Borden family maid, Bridget, had been home at the time of the murders but swore they saw nothing. Uncle John stayed, unexpectedly, in the Borden guest room the night before the murders, though he'd brought no change of clothes.Lizzie quickly became the focus of attention and then the main suspect.But did she kill?Exhaustively researched, Killing the Bordens tells the true crime Borden murder mystery and the life of Lizzie Borden as a novel, and reveals who committed the murders, how, and why. Read more