When Evil Rules: A True Story of Vengeance and Murder on Cape Cod

Name: When Evil Rules: A True Story of Vengeance and Murder on Cape Cod
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Michele R. McPhee

Aug 2009 · Macmillan

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The true crime story of a notorious arsonist and murderer who kept a Cape Cod town in fear thanks to crooked cops.

The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side… Local businessman and infamous bully Melvin Reine had started setting the homes of his so-called enemies on fire. Few of his victims—or even the police—ever dared to implicate him. Because those who did would pay the price…

Mysterious events kept creeping up in Falmouth. The disappearance of Melvin’s wife, a dead man found in a cranberry bog, a teenager slated to testify against Melvin who boarded a ferry, never to be seen again—was Melvin somehow responsible? Only one police officer, John Busby, had the guts to press him for answers. One day he found himself on the wrong end of a sawed-off shotgun…but managed to survive the attack. This is the shocking true story about what can happen to an all-American town when evil rules.

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5.0

3 reviews

A Google user

September 19, 2010

I live near Falmouth and this book blew me away. I loved it. I thought it was easy reading so kudos to the author. The added photos were awesome!! I would highly recommend this true story that shines a light on the corruption of the police force that went on for years. You can't help but feel for the victims in the novel. Buy it!

Elizabeth Olson

September 28, 2021

This is about my uncle who helped raise me and taught me the ways at age 11 I an apple that didn't fall far from the tree though I try not to let my evil side shine as I've turned to the Lord thank u for such a good review of my family...Butrfli Brumpas

About the author

Michele R. McPhee is the bestselling author of A Professor's Rage, A Mob Story, A Date with Death, and Heartless-all available from St. Martin's Paperbacks. The former award-winning Police Bureau Chief for the New York Daily News, she was the courts and crime reporter for the Boston Herald where she is now a columnist. Currently she is a New England correspondent for ABC News and a Fox 25 TV contributor. A Date With Death was the basis for a Lifetime TV movie that aired in January 2011. She was also story consultant for the Lifetime movie "Who Is Clark Rockefeller?" that aired in 2010.

McPhee's true crime stories have appeared in more than a dozen national magazines, including Maxim, Stuff, Cosmopolitan, New York, ESPN the Magazine, Gotham, Manhattan File, and other international publications. She was the host of two Court TV Mugshot specials and her reporting is also featured in the A&E TV special Crime Ink, and the Discovery series called Rats. Her journalism has taken her to crime scenes across the country and has made her a commentator on breaking news for CNN, MSNBC, and the Fox News Network. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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