Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt
What is a family name worth? In the case of the Murdaughs of South Carolina, their name was worth nearly everything they had. For over a century, the Murdaughs built a firm reputation and thriving law practice that put the family up on a pedestal or all to see, gawk at, and even grow to fear.
In 2021, however, it seemed that the family's good fortune had run out. Alex Murdaugh comes upon the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, who were both brutally shot to death. Just months later, Alex suffers a gunshot to the head, but survives. As true crime author John Glatt digs deep into the Murdaughs and their seeming rise and fall, he uncovers even more crimes from the mysterious and ill-investigated death of a classmate rumored to have had a relationship with one of the Murdaugh boys to a boating accident that resulted not only in trauma, but the death of a young woman to countless cases of financial fraud that robbed victims of what was rightfully theirs.
While at times, these vines of stories become a bit too tangled, this book is sure to entice, enrage, and ensnare readers.
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