A House of Ruin, Pamela Crane
A House of Ruin, Pamela Crane
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A House of Ruin
The Story Behind the Execution Estate

Author: Pamela Crane

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 2 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2022


Synopsis

A murder that stole 1982 national headlines: “Renowned Family Slayed in Home”
A case that remained cold for forty long years.
The Eyler family was anything but average. The father a top literary agent and the mother a duchess, they thrived in their prestigious Oakmont mansion surrounded by luxury…and secrets. Secrets that would eventually cost them their lives.
On a cold autumn night, their legacy ended with a grisly massacre in one of the most horrific scenes ever investigated. Soon details splashed across every newspaper of how the family of five lay slaughtered in their library, cursing the mansion as it became branded the Execution Estate. With no witnesses and no motives, the killer remained free. The case grew colder. Speculations grew darker. Answers grew dimmer.
Until now.
Former estate manager, Derl Newman, steps forward four decades later with a suspicion and a wild clue that could lead investigators to finally solve the puzzle of why a killer would murder a family yet leave the many priceless heirlooms behind. The gardener with a grudge? The bitter butler? The maid hiding her mischief? With insider knowledge of what happened that fateful night, Derl meets with renowned documentarian Keisha Fenty to expose everyone’s darkest secrets that brought this house...and everyone who entered it...to ruin.
A humorous whodunnit short story perfect for fans of Clue-like locked-room mysteries.
"If Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes had a baby, they'd definitely birth it in A House of Ruin!" - reader review

About Pamela Crane

Pamela Crane is a USA Today bestselling author of almost a dozen novels. She loves writing about flawed and fascinating heroines. When she's not cleaning horse stalls or changing diapers, she's psychoanalyzing others. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on February 22, 2022

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! On the evening of November 26th, 1982, a family (husband, wife, 2 daughters, 1 son) was murdered in a horrific fashion in their mansion. That’s why the property has since been known as Execution Estate. This is a companion novella to author Pamela Crane’s recently released myste......more

Goodreads review by JaymeO on May 10, 2022

Whodunnit. Murder mystery. Clue. Three of my all time favorite concepts in one short novella! Thank you Michael David for putting this one on my radar. It was such a fun, quick read! While this novella is written as a companion story to Crane’s A Slow Ruin, it can easily be read as a stand alone. I h......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on March 15, 2022

I first visited Execution House in A Slow Ruin by Pamela Crane. Now, we are going to find out the history, the slaughter of the Eyler family….And, if you were to ask me, I’d say maybe Karma came to bit them in the ass. Did anyone like the family? The more I got to know them, the more I could understa......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on April 03, 2022

If you've read A Slow Ruin, the Portman family lives in a gorgeous mansion nestled in Oakmont, PA (loosely based on a real dwelling that I had the joy of researching). What's better than an impressive mansion? A mansion steeped in murder and mystery! Thus, the Execution Estate was born. So in the Por......more

Goodreads review by Miss W Book Reviews on February 20, 2022

A House of Ruin is a follow up/companion novella to A Slow Ruin, which I absolutely LOVED. In 1982 , an entire family (husband, wife, 2 daughters, 1 son) was murdered in a mansion and since then the estate has been referred to as Execution Estate. This companion story is about Derl Newman, who is the......more