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A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town
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A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town Hardcover - 2005

by Young, Christine Ellen

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Who set out to kill the members of the church?

On April 27, 2003, in the hamlet of New Sweden, Maine, Walter Morrill was sipping coffee in the fellowship hall of the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church. Within 12 hours, the kindly old man was dead. Fifteen other members of the congregation fell gravely ill. Ruled a homicide, the largest criminal arsenic poisoning in U.S. history spread whispers of fear through this peaceful town.

Which one of their close friends was the murderer?

Panic and suspicion gave way to bizarre accusations of conspiracy, revenge, and blood feuds. It would also expose a sinister town secret-buried years before on a frozen winter night in 1997.

Who was next?

What would unfold in New Sweden was a real-life murder mystery worthy of Agatha Christie-but far stranger than any fiction.

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New York: Berkley Books, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: April 2005. Complete number line with number one. Hard cover in good condition with blue boards & spine cloth & silver gilt lettering. HOWEVER, though book and jacket appear new & unread, when it was bound, the center section of 8 leaves/16 pages of glossy black & white photos were split into two blocks and when bound were off-set by approximately 1/8"". Does not affect the text or the reading of the book. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped.
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  • Title A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town
  • Author Young, Christine Ellen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # M000236
  • ISBN 9780425200421 / 0425200426
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.54 x 1.02 in (23.72 x 16.61 x 2.59 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Poisoning - Maine - New Sweden (Town), Murder - Maine - New Sweden (Town)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062775
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.152

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Stubborn mounds of snow dotted the brownish-green lawn of Gustaf Adolph Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Sweden, Maine, even though it was April 27, 2003, the first Sunday after Easter.

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