Manhattan Murder Mystery
By Alix Kirsta
Even in New York’s violent history, it was one of the strangest mysteries ever seen.
The 82-year-old socialite and heiress Irene Silverman vanished from her Upper East Side mansion.
A fifty-strong team of FBI and NYPD officers scoured the city’s streets, trying to find an old woman who had vanished without trace.
No one knew if she was dead or alive.
One of the city’s richest women had completely disappeared – and the police quickly hit a dead end.
But then another elderly woman, Sante Kimes, and her son Kenny, were arrested on minor fraud charges.
Could they be linked to the disappearance of Irene Silverman?
One eagle-eyed NYPD officer believed they might be.
As the police investigated the pair, a horrifying picture emerged: the mother and son were linked to a brutal series of thefts, fraud, kidnappings and multiple murders throughout the country, for which they had so far escaped arrest.
And in New York they were attempting the most audacious crime of their brutal career.
In ‘Manhattan Murder Mystery’ the true crime writer Alix Kirsta describes Irene Silverman’s last chilling days and hours, and the horrifying plot that eventually saw the Kimeses charged with murder.
It culminated in what has been called Manhattan’s “trial of the century”.
But even today, the mystery persists.
Irene Silverman’s body has never been found, and her last moments and the cause of death remain unknown.
‘Manhattan Murder Mystery’ is an enthralling true life crime story. Meticulously researched and brilliantly told it is as gripping as any thriller – and twice as chilling because every word is true.
“A fascinating story of crime, deception, murder and betrayal. I was gripped by every page.’ – Tom Kasey, best-selling author of ‘Trade Off’.
Alix Kirsta is a non-fiction author and journalist who has covered subjects as diverse as the arts, medicine, popular science, gender issues and psychology. Her books include the best selling Stress Survival, published in sixteen languages, Victims, which examines the psychological aftermath of violence and disasters, and Deadlier Than The Male, the first comprehensive account of criminality and aggression in women. As a freelance writer, Alix is best known for her major investigative features on crime, corruption, miscarriages of justice and unsolved mysteries, as well as skulduggery in the art world. Her recent exclusive exposés and cover stories have appeared in The Times, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. Based in London and fluent in several languages, she reports frequently from the USA, France, Italy, Austria and other European countries.
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