Death by Cyanide: The Murder of Dr. Autumn Klein - Hardcover

Ward, Paula Reed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611689031 ISBN 13: 9781611689037

Publisher: University Press of New England, 2016

Synopsis

At just forty-one years old, Dr. Autumn Klein, a neurologist specializing in seizure disorders in pregnant women, had already been named chief of women s neurology at Pittsburgh s largest health system. More than just successful in her field, Dr. Klein was beloved by her patients, colleagues, family, and friends. She collapsed suddenly on April 17, 2013, writhing in agony on her kitchen floor, and died three days later. The police said her husband, Dr. Robert Ferrante, twenty-three years Klein s senior, killed her through cyanide poisoning. Though Ferrante left a clear trail of circumstantial evidence, Klein s death from cyanide might have been overlooked if not for the investigators who were able to use Ferrante s computer, statements from the staff at his lab, and his own seemingly odd actions at the hospital during his wife s treatment to piece together what appeared to be a long-term plan to end his wife s life.
In Death by Cyanide, Paula Reed Ward, reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, describes the murder investigation and the trial in this sensational case, taking us from the poisoning and the medical staff s heroic measures to save Klein s life to the investigation of Ferrante and the emotion and drama inside the courtroom."

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Review

"Death By Cyanide shows Ward at the top of her form. She has tracked down every single aspect of the lurid case--and illuminated the human beings behind it. . . . A master class in coverage of courtroom procedure, the preponderance of evidence will leave you with no doubt that the guilty verdict was correct."-- "Pittsburgh Quarterly"

"[Ward] presents the ins and outs of a homicide investigation and trial as if they were a puzzle, one that investigators put together piece by piece to its satisfying end."-- "Boston Globe"

From the Publisher

PAULA REED WARD has been a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 2003, and prior to that was a reporter at the Savannah Morning News and the Pottsville (PA) Republican & Evening Herald. She has covered over a dozen capital murder trials. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1611689031
• ISBN 13: 9781611689037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248