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And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell
Author: Vincent Bugliosi
AND THE SEA WILL TELL, written by renowned defense attorney and author of HELTER SKELTER Vincent Bugliosi, reconstructs the events and subsequent trial of a riveting true murder mystery, and probes into the dark heart of a serpentine scenario of death that began when four people found hell in paradise. It was the 1960s and two couples separately...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804112031
ISBN-10: 0804112037
Publication Date: 4/24/1993
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3.3 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Ivy Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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bookaddict avatar reviewed And the Sea Will Tell on
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A typically Bugliosi account (=riveting and detail-laden) of the murder trials of two "hippies" who were on a deserted island near Hawaii with an older couple previously unknown to them. The couple disappeared and the hippies sailed into Hawaii in 1974 on the older couple's very nice boat. No one knows exactly what happened to the missing couple; the hippies claim they drowned in the lagoon on the island, but six years after her disappearance, bones were found washed up on the shore of the lagoon, with evidence of foul play.

Bugliosi believes his client (the female "hippie") is innocent...but she has lied numerous times under oath, and the available facts of the case are bizarre and unclear.

An interesting read, especially for those who like legal process (any Law&Order fans out there?).
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Hard cover.
A brutal crime on an eerily beautiful Pacific island; an incomparable legal mind grappling with the nuances of the law and the fatal quirks of human nature; a courtroom drama whose outcome is in doubt down to the last rap of the gavel....
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I loved this book. A very interesting tale about fellow American sport sailors meeting in a distant port; a crime occurs, and it takes years to unravel it all. Nobody writes this king of complex tale any better than Bugliosi.
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The sea surrendered the grim evidence, and a beautiful newlywed found it washed up on a tiny atoll: an odd aluminum container and something glittering in the sand-a gold tooth ensconced in a scorched human skull. 7 years earlier, 2 couples separately set sail in search of a peaceful life: a wealthy yachtsman and his wife, an ex-con and his sexy girlfriend. Their destinies converged on a South Pacific island hundreds of miles from civilation. A savage murder left 2 of them there forever. A chilling crime. A baffling mystery. An explosive courtroom drama. A finale almost as stunning as the crime itself. THIS IS A NON-FICTION BOOK
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shanna71 avatar reviewed And the Sea Will Tell on + 145 more book reviews
two couples sail seperatly from Hawaii to Palmyra Island, an Island that is deserted. two are a middle aged couple and the other two hippies wanted by the law. Unknown to each other before they meet at this Island, where both couples were under the assumption that they would be alone . The middle aged couple has a nice yacht equipped with every neccessity needed for a year at sea. The hippie couples boat will probably not make it back to Hawaii. Others have sailed to the Island through out the summer & knew the hostility between the couples. So, they are very surprised when the hippies sailed back to Hawaii on the older couples' nice yacht. A true story of survival on a deserted Island. Two couples are on the Island and the hippie couple return, but no sign , albeit a skull has ever been found of the older couples. Can Bugliosi make a murder case in the 1960's with only a skull? Very intense true story.
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This is an absolutely great book. It is so well written and keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is about a couple who decide to live on their boat and take off for some of the islands, where they meet another couple who they become friends with. And from there it gets better and better. If you like true murder mysteries then this is the book for you.
bookcrazychick avatar reviewed And the Sea Will Tell on + 76 more book reviews
Started off very good and interesting. But when the book was all about the trials it was pretty boring. I ended up skimming a lot of the book.
MyLikeIt avatar reviewed And the Sea Will Tell on + 450 more book reviews
This kind of story really makes one wonder about fate. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. For no apparent reason other than crummy luck. The victims in this story still haunt me. A good read, laden with meticulously recorded details of the trial and spiced with photos .
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True crime. Two seagoing couples, one upper class and the other hippy, meet on a very strange and inhospitable island, and one couple comes up missing and years later is found dead. Most interesting case.
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I know this is supposed to be one of those great true crime novels of all time, but I couldn't get into the trial details-and I didn't really agree with the outcome of the book-in fact, w/o telling many details, it made me mad.


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