Queens Village was a picture-perfect postcard New York suburb.
His interest in the Snyder-Gray murder began when he taught at Queens College in New York City..
Moreover, it explores sociocultural questions that beg to be answered: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases, and why did such a transparent Crime earn such an enduring place in the popular psyche? About author(s): Landis Mackellar lives in Vienna and Paris.
This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath.
The Crime spawned a 1920s Broadway play and inspired the classic noir film of the 1940s, Double Indemnity.
Resonant of the footloose Jazz Age, it made persistent headlines and led to a sensational trial.
Few incidents in Crime history have been so notorious as the murder of Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover.
But in March 1927 the façade of respectability was stripped away to reveal an underside of greed, lust, and crime.
Queens Village was a picture-perfect postcard New York suburb
