Buy this book on-line Jones, James L : A Murder In West Covina: Chronicle Of The Finch-Tregoff CaseChaparral, West Covina, CA, 1992 ISBN 0963710206
395pp. DJ has light edgewear. Rampant greed, sex, and a considerable dose of comedy ensured that this trial of a wealthy doctor and his mistress as joint defendants on charges of murder dominated newspaper headlines for months. By 1959, Finch, 42, a wealthy Los Angeles, California physician, yearned to elevate his affair with 20-year-old Carole Tregoff to something more permanent. Standing directly in the path of this ambition was Finch's wife, Barbara, backed by the formidable California community property laws.Divorce would entitle Barbara Finch to half of Finch's estimated $750, 000 fortune. Furthermore, if Barbara Finch could prove adultery and there was every indication that she intended to do just that Finch faced financial ruin, since the court could then apportion any percentage of the community property it deemed fit to the aggrieved party..., 8vo, Fine in Very Good DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Jones, James L : A Murder In West Covina: Chronicle Of The Finch-Tregoff Case. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres d'occasion, rare books, livres rares and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |