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Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley?
by Mark Fuhrman, Stephen Weeks
Product Group: Book
Publisher: William Morrow (1998-05-14)
ISBN: 0060191414
EAN: 9780060191412
Dewy Decimal #: 364.1523097469
Hardcover: 304 pages
Edition: 1st ed
Release Date: 1998-05-13
SKU: CH2551
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Publisher: William Morrow Date of Publication: May 14, 1998 Binding: Hardcover Edition: First Edition Condition: very good Description: 0-06-019141-4 FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET great condition from non-smoking home.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Following in the bestseller star tracks of his Murder in Brentwood (more than 300,000 copies sold), Mark Furhman turns his investigatory skills to the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley -- a heinous crime cover-up with connections to the Kennedy clan. Martha Moxley was a popular, pretty, wealthy fifteen-year-old high school sophomore, whose family lived in the exclusive community of Belle Haven in Greenwich, Connecticut. On the night of October 30, 1975, Martha and some neighborhood friends, including Michael and Tommy Skakel, nephews of Ethel Kennedy, sat in a van parked in the Skakel driveway listening to music. Around 9:30 P.M., most of the kids went home, leaving Tommy and Martha alone in the van. At 3:45 A.M., Martha's mother called the police to say that her daughter had not come home. Later that morning, Martha's body was found on the Moxley property that diagonally adjoins the Skakel home. The girl had been beaten to death with a Tonna Penna golf club -- and the only family owning such a set of clubs in the area were the Skakels. Tommy, the last person seen with Martha, became a prime suspect. However, Tommy Skakel was never prosecuted, and the author raises interesting questions about the Skakel family and the ensuing investigation. Shocking, fascinating, and expertly researched, Murder in Greenwich is not only a reexamination of a famous murder, but also a step toward solving the crime. As an experienced homicide detective, Mark Fuhrman takes a hard look at both the evidence and the investigation itself, and attacks the criminal justice system and the wealth and power of a prominent family.
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Amazon.com Review
On the night before Halloween in 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death with a golf club in front of her home in the ultra-upper-class Belle Haven district of Greenwich, Connecticut. Though many suspects were brought forth, to this day no one has ever been arrested for the crime and no trial has taken place. Notorious former detective-turned-author Mark Fuhrman attempts to shed light on the Moxley case in a book that summarizes the fruits of his new investigation. Among Fuhrman's controversial opinions is his conclusion that the killer is Moxley's neighbor Michael Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy and at the time the same age as Martha Moxley. Some townspeople have long suspected Michael's older brother Thomas of performing the deed, but Fuhrman argues that only Michael had both the opportunity and the temperament to commit such a crime. Readers familiar with Fuhrman's role in the O.J. Simpson trial, or his subsequent book about that case, Murder in Brentwood, will not be surprised to find him hitting his familiar themes: the abuse of wealth and power, the arrogance of the high and mighty, and the vanity of celebrity. Otherwise, this is very much a hard-hitting detective work. Fuhrman's spare prose drives the book toward an inevitable conclusion with a moral or two in tow. --Tjames Madison
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Customer Reviews
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PAGE TURNER
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-04
This book was a great read! I started reading and couldn't stop until it was finished. Mark Fuhrman is a top notch author, he really constructed an excellent book here.
Be careful not to do too much research about the Moxley case before reading this book, it may ruin the ending for you.
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Repeats facts alot.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-02-16
This is an okay book. Furman repeats alot of the info over and over. I didn't even finish the last few pages as they started out the same as everything we already read.
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Tori Sorianos review!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-03
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
My book is called Murder In Greenwich and it is about a murder of a 15 year old girl named Martha Moxley.The book is written by Mark Fuhrman.The case was never solved but i think its an excellent book because it gave alot of details.It also show pictures of where the murder occurred and also of Martha Moxley.The author is also an excellent writer.I recommend this book if u like Mark Fuhrman books or mystery books!I would not recommend this book to people that dont like murders or blood. ~~~~BY TORI SORIANO 16 YEARS OLD LINCOLN CITY OR!!!~~~
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Don't Read
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-07-04
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
The problem with this book is that Heir Furhman takes the credit for solving the crime. This couldn't be further from the truth.
If you want to read the most factual account of this murder, read "Conviction" by Len Levitt.
However, I believe that if Mr. Skakel can't recall if he committed the murder, how can anyone else be so sure.
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Can we believe Mark Fuhrman?
Rating (2)
Date: 2007-05-15
0 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Let's face it, Mark Fuhrman is not somebody that I consider reliable. Dominick Dunne, another old man bent on revenge over his daughter's murder, goes after the Kennedy family. Okay, I'm not saying that Michael Skakel did it or not because he was convicted of the crime but the story's not over until the case was done in the court of law. I believe the book came well before the guilty verdict which was too soon and judgmental. Yes, the Kennedys have a lot of power and money but Greenwich is still a place where people drive expensive cars, live in mansions, and are completely out of touch with reality. I don't believe Fuhrman anymore than I believe Dunne because they're totally ready to convict based on little evidence, hearsay, and gossip.
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