Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story

Journalist Cohen (The Last Pirate of New York) delivers an engrossing account of the disappearance of a Connecticut woman who was likely killed by her estranged husband. On May 24, 2019, 50-year-old Jennifer Dulos, a wealthy New York City native and niece of fashion designer Liz Claiborne, was in the midst of a vicious divorce from her husband, Fotis Dulos, when she dropped off their five children at their private school in New Canaan, Conn. She was never seen again. Soon, however, police found blood and evidence that someone had tried to clean up blood in Jennifer’s garage and car. Investigators were quick to identify several possible motives Fotis may have had, including a contentious custody battle and conflicts over his failing real estate business. Four years after Fotis died by suicide just before he was scheduled to stand trial in 2020, his lover, Michelle Troconis, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. Cohen goes deep on each of the central players, painting a painstaking portrait of Jennifer’s charmed but lonely life before and after she met Fotis, and compiles enough damning evidence to convince readers that the case is closed even though Dulos’s body has never been found. It’s a riveting true crime tale. Agent: Todd Shuster, Aevitas Creative Management. (May)