Publication

1988 - Doubleday, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

85,750 words, Guess

Page Count

343 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1380804
  • Goodreads1249269

Classifications

  • DDC364.1/523/0924
  • LCCHV6533.M5 C38 1988

Description

Detroit psychologist Alan Canty maintained a second identity as "Dr. Al Miller," an alleged physician who was drawn to the Motor City's lower depths. He began an affair with 19-year-old prostitute Dawn Spens and got to know her ex-convict pimp, John Fry; both of them were heavy drug users. The analyst lavished great amounts of money on Spens, well over a hundred-thousand dollars, all but bankrupting himself; his wife, also a psychologist, had no inkling of his double life or of his burgeoning debts. Finally, when Dr. Miller tried to break off the relationship, the pimp killed him.

Subjects

Topics

MurderBiographyCase studiesMurder victimsVictims of crimesCanty, W. Alan, d. 1985Murder -- Michigan -- Case studies

Places

People

W. Alan CantyW. Alan Canty (d. 1985)

Other Editions

  • Masquerade: a true story of seduction, compulsion, and murderDoubleday1988-01-01
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