Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer
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In 1978, two tortured corpses—hooded, bound, and weighted down with engine parts—were found in the sea off Guatemala. Junior doctor Chris Farmer and his girlfriend, Peta Frampton, were still clinging to life when they were thrown from the yacht they’d been crewing.
Here is the gripping account of how Chris’s family worked alongside police, the FBI, and Interpol to gather evidence against the boat’s Californian skipper, Silas Duane Boston. Almost four decades later, in 2015, Chris’s sister, Penny, used Facebook to track down Boston. Following the detailed, haunting testimony of his own two sons—who also implicated their father in a string of other killings—Boston was finally arrested and charged with two counts of maritime murder.
A story of homicide on the high seas, Dead in the Water is also a tale of a family’s fortitude and diligence in tracking down a monster.
“A real-life page turner more intriguing than anything on Netflix.”—Mail on Sunday
“A heartbreaking tale of familial love and a sister’s hunt for justice. There are numerous twists and turns which would be disturbing if they were woven between the pages of a novel let alone as part of a true story.”—The Tattooed Book
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Penny Farmer. (2019). Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer. Diversion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Penny Farmer. 2019. Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer. Diversion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Penny Farmer, Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer. Diversion Books, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Penny Farmer. Dead in the Water: My Forty-Year Search for My Brother's Killer. Diversion Books, 2019.
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- An “intimate” account of a double murder by a man once suspected as being the Golden State Killer (O, the Oprah Magazine,“20 Best True Crime Books”).
In 1978, two tortured corpses—hooded, bound, and weighted down with engine parts—were found in the sea off Guatemala. Junior doctor Chris Farmer and his girlfriend, Peta Frampton, were still clinging to life when they were thrown from the yacht they’d been crewing.
Here is the gripping account of how Chris’s family worked alongside police, the FBI, and Interpol to gather evidence against the boat’s Californian skipper, Silas Duane Boston. Almost four decades later, in 2015, Chris’s sister, Penny, used Facebook to track down Boston. Following the detailed, haunting testimony of his own two sons—who also implicated their father in a string of other killings—Boston was finally arrested and charged with two counts of maritime murder.
A story of homicide on the high seas, Dead in the Water is also a tale of a family’s fortitude and diligence in tracking down a monster.
“A real-life page turner more intriguing than anything on Netflix.”—Mail on Sunday
“A heartbreaking tale of familial love and a sister’s hunt for justice. There are numerous twists and turns which would be disturbing if they were woven between the pages of a novel let alone as part of a true story.”—The Tattooed Book - reviews
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The emotional devastation from a double murder permeates British journalist Farmer’s moving debut, an account of her decades-long search for justice. In 1978, 25-year-old Christopher Farmer, her physician brother, and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Peta Frampton, left England to travel the world. In June of that year, the couple ran into Duane Boston, an American who ran a charter boat business, in a bar on an island off the Belize coast. Christopher and Peta arranged passage to Honduras on Boston’s 32-foot sail boat, which was also transporting Boston’s sons, 13-year-old Vince and 12-year-old Russell. When the volatile Boston began beating Russell, Christopher intervened. While Boston appeared to calm down, the next evening he battered Christopher with a club and tied up him and Peta before dumping them overboard with weights attached. Their bodies were found in the sea off Guatemala a few days later. In 2013, Penny’s internet research led her to Russell, who provided an eyewitness account of the murders. In 2017, law enforcement arrested Boston, who claimed to have committed more than 30 other murders, though he died of an infection before he could stand trial. This engrossing, heartbreaking story is sure to appeal to true crime fans. Agent: Robert Smith, Robert Smith Literary (U.K.).
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Here is the gripping account of how Chris’s family worked alongside police, the FBI, and Interpol to gather evidence against the boat’s Californian skipper, Silas Duane Boston. Almost four decades later, in 2015, Chris’s sister, Penny, used Facebook to track down Boston. Following the detailed, haunting testimony of his own two sons—who also implicated their father in a string of other killings—Boston was finally arrested and charged with two... - sortTitle
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