Blood & Ivy

By: Paul Collins

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America's most celebrated university

On November 23, 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city's richest men vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston's West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School.

Police scoured city tenements and the harbor - some leads put Parkman at sea or in Manhattan - but a Harvard janitor held a much darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never even left the Medical School building. His shocking discovery engulfed America in one of its most infamous trials, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. John White Webster, Harvard's professor of chemistry.

A baffling case of red herrings, grave robbing, and dismemberment, it became a landmark in the use of medical forensics. Rich in characters and atmosphere, Blood & Ivy explores the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in one of America's greatest murder mysteries.

©2018 Paul Collins (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Engaging, enthralling and binge worthy.

I recently listened to this on a long drive and had several moments when I needed to just sit in the driveway and listen to the next chapter. Mr. Kenerly’s voice seduces the reader and makes you feel like he reading only for you. Excellent!

interesting a good review of old Harvard Med

Performance a little annoying. Somewhat good story. a little long. fun if you know Harvard.

Will the plot ever be known?

I’ve tried reading this a few times. The narrator sounds like he’s reading a spooky story from the 1800s trying to scare children. The plot seems aimless. I keep waiting for a main character to standout and a direction of plot but I can’t tell what that be or when, if ever, it will come.

Gave up after 3 chapters

I could not get into the story, I did not enjoy the narrator, I tried for three chapters and finally gave up. Not normal for me, at all.