{"product_id":"the-jacklighter-ebook","title":"The Jacklighter eBook Pre-Order · Carla Conti True Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: this is a pre-order. You will not receive the complete eBook until its Fall 2026 release, but you will receive a short preview file to view on your choice of eReader. Please see PRE-ORDER DELIVERY \u0026amp; RETURNS below for more details.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/8787\/4629\/files\/Shopify_Jacklighter_eBook_Reading_Options.png?v=1779821689\" alt=\"Bookfunnel offers many different eBook reading options\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTHE JACKLIGHTER\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1976, attorney Martin Dillon went hunting\u003c\/strong\u003e with his best friend in the shadows of Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains—and never came home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil Martin's body was exhumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome secrets never stay buried.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy 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)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crimemoir Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45046387277893,"sku":"979-8-9994601-7-2","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/8787\/4629\/files\/BEST-May2026ShopifyPre-OrderJacklightereBook-2.png?v=1779814497","url":"https:\/\/crimemoir.com\/products\/the-jacklighter-ebook","provider":"Crimemoir Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}