THE JACKLIGHTER
In 1976, attorney Martin Dillon went hunting with his best friend in the shadows of Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains—and never came home.
The official story seemed straightforward: a tragic accident during an afternoon of skeet shooting. But when the only witness was Dr. Stephen Scher, the man having an affair with Dillon's wife, Martin's family refused to believe it. Then Scher did the unthinkable: he married the widow and raised her children as his own, living a stolen life for 20 years.
Until Martin's body was exhumed.
Some secrets never stay buried.
The Jacklighter follows a decades-long quest for justice that tore apart a small Pennsylvania town and a prominent family. From the suspicious "accident" in 1976 to an explosive murder trial 20 years later—to the killer's eventual release from prison—award-winning author Carla Conti uncovers the dark secrets beneath Montrose, Pennsylvania's Victorian charm: betrayal, forbidden love, and a killing method as cowardly as it is calculated.
With unique access to hometown victims and key witnesses, Conti reveals how one shotgun blast shattered multiple lives and tested whether justice can survive when everyone in town thinks they already know the truth. And in a revelation never before made public, Conti uncovers the one secret that could have changed everything—and the reason it was never told.
By the award-winning author of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir (1st Place True Crime: Next Generation Indie · True Crime Silver Medal: IPPY · 1st Place Chanticleer Nellie Bly Journalism · True Crime Winner: IndieReader Discovery Awards)
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