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| An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Glasgow, Phyllis Gobbell
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19031
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425218287
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230976855
EAN: 9780425218280
ASIN: 0425218287
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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Product Description
Janet March had a picture-perfect life-until she disappeared...
No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence-and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction...
Janet March, the strikingly attractive artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a burgeoning career in the arts, supportive parents, and a dream house. What no one knew was that her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet would finally file for divorce. But she never made it to that appointment-because on August 15, she vanished...
Janet's disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy, revealing Perry's true nature to the world. For ten years, her parents and Perry battled each other through the court system in what would become and international custody battle. Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle, with the eventual help of a shocking surprise witness. Though they couldn't find the body, determine the cause of death, or even reconstruct exactly what happened that fateful night, her parents and Nashville's first Cold Case Squad remained certain of one thing-they would find justice for Janet
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 "Perry March's 15 Minutes of Infamy" May 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I took my title from a quotation by Det. Pat Postiglione, one of the true heroes of this fascinating story. I found this account of Nashville's most anticiapted (10 years) trial (actually 3 trials) and perhaps "crime of the century" to be thoroughly readable. Although I paid as much attention to the case as anyone in the Nashville area, this fine work put all the pieces together. For that reason alone, I recommend this.
This book includes: custody battles, jurisdictional fights, alleged hit-men, jailhouse snitches, abuse of a corpse, and above all- supreme arrogance on the part of the book's principal subject, Perry March. It also includes midnight bicycle rides, not really a crime but I'll leave that for you to discover. Anyone interested in unsolved/ cold case murders will love this book. I couldn't put it down.
 Heart Breaking Story April 28, 2008
This was one of the most heart-breaking true crime books I have ever read. My heart goes out to the Levines in the loss of their daughter and to Janet March's children. There is no punishment I can think of that is bad enough for Perry March.
However, one major frustration for me was that this book was written in the present tense. I found it extremely confusing and had to keep going back to previous passages in order to clearly understand the sequence of events.
 WHAT A STORY! April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS BOOK WAS A PAGE-TURNER IF THERE EVER WAS ONE. THANKS TO THE 2 DETECTIVES JUSTICE WAS SERVED.
Great read, a real page turner! March 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I caught part of a show on Court-TV about this case and the little I saw was intriguing, so I got this book--and was not disappointed. The author has done a fine job of documenting the devious machinations of a man who seemed to have had it all, but followed his own selfish desires and left human wreckage in his wake. This is one of the most well-written true crime books I've read in a long time (and I read a LOT of them). Looking forward to more from this author.
Incredibly twisted story March 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I moved to Tennessee in 1995, just a year before Janet March's murder. I followed it in the news and watched the trial on our local TV station. I had never heard about such a twisted true story. I remember thinking what an excellent book this would make if handled correctly. The book was concise in its coverage. I learned some things that I did not know about before, just how far Perry March's arrogance went, how it didn't matter who he corrupted along the way. The book was really well done. I had hoped Ann Rule would cover this, but the actual authors did a really good job.
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