Weaver and fiber artist Edith “Pen” Meyer knew her friend Sandy Merritt’s relationship with a married man was wrong. She had even urged Sandy to take out a restraining order against Kenneth Carpenter. Which was why her call to Sandy on February 23, 2005, seemed to come from out of the blue. During it, she told Sandy to drop the restraining order and get back together with Ken.
Pen was never seen again.
One man stood to gain from Pen’s disappearance: Ken Carpenter. But evidence was bleak: no blood, no DNA, no body. Until detectives found notes hidden beneath a leather chair that turned out to be a playbook for murder…
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Kevin Flynn
Kevin Flynn is the coauthor of several books, including Dark Heart, Notes on a Killing, Legally Dead, and Our Little Secret, and author of Wicked Intentions and American Sweepstakes. As a radio and TV journalist, Flynn has won more than 50 broadcast awards, including an Emmy, four Edward R. Murrow awards, and three New Hampshire Magazine’s Best TV Reporter awards. He is a regular contributor to many true crime TV shows, such as “Deadly Sins,” “Unusual Suspects,” “Killer Instinct,” “On the Case with Paula Zahn,” and “My Deadly Little Secret.” He serves on the Board of Trustees to the NH Writers’ Project.
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Rebecca Lavoie
Rebecca Lavoie is the coauthor of several books, including Dark Heart, Notes on a Killing, Legally Dead, and Our Little Secret, and has written for outlets including New Hampshire Magazine, Newsweek, and Playboy magazine. Lavoie is the digital director at New Hampshire Public Radio, where she leads an award-winning newsroom’s online journalism projects, and is also the creator and host of the popular podcast, “Crime Writers on Serial,” where she and a panel of fellow crime and noir authors discuss Serial and other true crime stories.
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