A Date with Death The Secret Life of the Accused Craigslist Killer [Paperback]

In a luxury Boston hotel on April 14, 2009, police discovered the body of a beautiful young woman-her head battered, a bullet through her heart. Within hours, the story exploded, making headlines across the nation. The victim, a masseuse named Julissa Brisman, had advertised her erotic services on popular classified ads Web site Craigslist. A twenty-two-year-old medical student named Philip Markoff was her last-known client...

The Boston Police Homicide Unit followed a digital trail that led to Markoff's home, where investigators found a gun, prepaid cell phones, plastic handcuffs, and other evidence linking Markoff to Brisman. They also uncovered a stash of women's undergarments, raising even more questions about their suspect: How many other women did Markoff meet before Brisman? And what happened to them? This is the true story of one woman'sDATE WITH DEATH.

Michele R. McPheeis the bestselling author ofA Professor's Rage,A Mob Story,Heartless, andWhen Evil Rules-all available from St. Martin's Paperbacks. The former award-winning Police Bureau Chief for theNew York Daily News, she was the courts and crime reporter for theBoston Heraldwhere she is now a columnist. Currently she is a New England correspondent for ABC News and a Fox 25 TV contributor.A Date With Deathwas the basis for a Lifetime TV movie that aired in January 2011. She was also story consultant for the Lifetime movie Who Is Clark Rockefeller? that aired in 2010.

McPhee's true crime stories have appeared in more than a dozen national magazines, includingMaxim,Stuff,Cosmopolitan,New York,ESPN the Magazine,Gotham,Manhattan File, and other international publications. She was the host of two Court TVMugshotspecials and her reporting is also featured in the A&E TV specialCrime Ink, and the Discovery series calledRats. Her journalism has taken her tl3+