Murder, Law Enforcement, Politics & Government - General & Miscellaneous, True Crime
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Overview
This is a true story of marriage, the mob and murder. Dianne Masters married charming Chicago-area attorney Alan Masters believing she had finally found security and happiness. Yet Masters was a crooked lawyer with mob ties who regularly engaged in bribery and extortion to help his Mafia clients. When Dianne was murdered, it took a determined federal prosecutor to unravel the dark truth and blow the cover off her husband's shocking cover-up.When Dianne met Alan Masters, the Chicago attorney seemed to be her perfect match. Yet, Dianne soon discovered the dark truth--Masters was a crooked lawyer with mob ties and a violent temper. Schaaf reveals the tragic series of events that led to Dianne Masters's murder and the sensational trial four years later.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
In 1982 Dianne Masters, the estranged wife of a suburban Chicago lawyer, was murdered. Her husband, Alan, we're shown here, was somewhat sleazy: he was a ``fixer'' with ties to the underworld and influence over many police officers and judges, secured by bribes. Physically abusive and obsessed with controlling his wife, he was furious to learn that she had taken a lover and planned to divorce him. He hired two police officers to kill her, but, according to Schaaf Mr. Dooley's Chicago , murdered her himself, and the cops disposed of her body in a nearby canal. Because of Alan's connections, the three were not brought to trial until 1989. They were convicted of soliciting and arranging the murder and given long prison sentences. Even more disheartening than this case, covered so interestingly and effectively here, is the wider implication which, Schaaf notes, has not been resolved: ``It would be satisfying to write that the . . . corruption and criminal activity revealed during the Masters trial resulted in a cleanup of the system, but it would be untrue.'' Photos not seen by PW. Nov.Book Details
Published
February 28, 1996
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
432
Format
Paperbound
ISBN
9780061008481