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\nIn Tangled Vines\, bestselli ng true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious M urdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch\, Alex Murdaugh.
\nAmong the lush\, tree-lined waterwa ys of South Carolina low country\, the Murdaugh name means power. A centur y-old\, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into in credible wealth and local celebrity―but it was an unimaginable trag edy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th\, 2021 \, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife\, Ma ggie\, and son\, Paul\, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodg e. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside.
\nBut as authorities scramble d for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention\, d ark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs \, it turned out\, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn &rsquo\;t hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own\; two years before he was killed\, a highly intoxicated Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of a boat when it crashed and killed a teenage girl\, and his li ght treatment by police led to speculation that privilege had come into pl ay. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious dea ths were linked to the Murdaughs\, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged : a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything\, even plan h is own death\, to save his family&rsquo\;s reputation.
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