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This fascinating and gripping portrayal is the only book-length account ever written about criminal mastermind Clarence Ray Allen,the last man to be executed in the state of California

Even hardened detectives were shaken by the scene at Fran''s Market in rural Fresno County that night in 1980: four young people lay on the market''s concrete floor, bloodily murdered by a killer without mercy or remorse. Then a grim investigation became even grimmer when the evidence led to the prime suspect--a convicted murderer already behind the stone walls of Folsom. A true crime story that reads like an intricately woven mystery, the book depicts the chilling scenes of murder, a dogged investigation, and the true story behind the Fran''s Market murders and their psychopathic mastermind. Written by former prosecutor James Ardaiz, who was one of the first investigators on the scene at Fran''s Market, Hands Through Stone provides an insider''s view of the tortuous, multiyear investigation that brought a killer to justice.

Hands Through Stone: How Clarence Ray Allen

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      Publisher Linden Publishing Co Inc
      Published 31 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781610353991
      978-1610353991
      ISBN-10 1610353994
      Also in:
      True crime History of the Americas Local history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This fascinating and gripping portrayal is the only book-length account ever written about criminal mastermind Clarence Ray Allen,the last man to be executed in the state of California

      Even hardened detectives were shaken by the scene at Fran''s Market in rural Fresno County that night in 1980: four young people lay on the market''s concrete floor, bloodily murdered by a killer without mercy or remorse. Then a grim investigation became even grimmer when the evidence led to the prime suspect--a convicted murderer already behind the stone walls of Folsom. A true crime story that reads like an intricately woven mystery, the book depicts the chilling scenes of murder, a dogged investigation, and the true story behind the Fran''s Market murders and their psychopathic mastermind. Written by former prosecutor James Ardaiz, who was one of the first investigators on the scene at Fran''s Market, Hands Through Stone provides an insider''s view of the tortuous, multiyear investigation that brought a killer to justice.

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