No Deadly Drug Author:John D. MacDonald Dr. Carl Coppolino was indicted by the state of New Jersey for the murder of retired Colonel William Farber. Coppolino had been having an affair with Farber's wife, Marjorie. — Did Carl Coppolino kill Marjorie's husband and his own wife so he could marry Marjorie? If he did, he may have regretted it, for Marjorie Farber became the prosecution's s... more »tar witness, claiming her former lover had hypnotized her into becoming an unwilling accomplice in the death of her husband.
Famed defense attorney F.Lee Bailey led the defense and concluded that Marjorie Farber was a classic case of a woman scorned. Did the jury agree?
Bestselling author John D. MacDonald chronicled the proceedings in Coppolino case. No Deadly Drug is a work of impeccable journalism--detailed, unbiased, even-handed, and thorough--tempered with the inimitable MacDonald insight, subtlety and thoughtfulness.« less