Murder on the Gold Coast: The Killing of William Woodward [Paperback]

In the early hours on a rainy autumn night in 1955, on a lavish country estate in Oyster Bay Cove, esteemed New York socialite Ann Woodward fired both barrels of her custom-made shotgun into the head of her husband, multimillionaire William J. Billy Woodward Jr., killing him.She?mistook him for a notorious prowler who preyed on the privileged class. At least that was what the official?reports stated. The police focused on catching the prowler, as they cast an impenetrable dragnet around the Playhouse for the elusive intruder. However, as with many other aspects of Billy and Anns social circle, things were not always as they appeared. Local author and retired detective Jerry Aylward uncovers the uncomfortable truths behind one of the Gold Coasts most notorious murders.

Jerry Aylward is a retired detective with thirty-two years of service with the Nassau County Police Department. He served an additional ten years in federal law enforcement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a criminal investigator in the Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO) at a highly classified government research facility. Jerry has a bachelors degree in behavioral science from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and is a New York Statelicensed private investigator. Jerry is also the author of three additional books:The Nassau County Police Department,Francis Two Gun Crowleys Killings in New York City & Long IslandandThe Scarlet Oak.

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