LIZZIE

Late one summer morning in 1892, a prominent businessman and his second wife were brutally murdered with an axe in their own home. One of the man’s two daughters was charged with his murder. The trial was a circus. The outcome was controversial. What actually happened in that home? This work of fiction imagines the thinking and fear that drove the killer to that extreme act of cruelty.

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“I once playfully challenged Ms. Fanning, a prolific true crime author with a detective's turn of mind, to write a fictional account of the trial of Lizzie Borden for a ferocious double domestic murder. She responded with Lizzie, masterfully blending historical details, intriguing suppositions and thrilling prose to breathe new life into the most infamous cold case in American history.” 

~ Gary Brucato, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Boston College and Co-author of

The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence of Modern Violent Crime

“Master of true crime Diane Fanning reimagines in fictional form a case that continues to haunt us, Lizzie Borden. Part true crime and part storytelling, she ably explores the shifting relationship between sisters at the center of a scandalous double homicide.” 

~ Dr. Katherine Ramsland, award-winning author of

Confession of a Serial Killer and The Serial Killer's Apprentice