“It seemed that nothing around could foretell a future tragedy, but it was about to unfold within the walls of this house. The garden was quiet and cool. Violets and daffodils filled the air with fragrance. But the monstrous shadow of a crime, invisible and ominous, hung over everything. Crimes of an unusual, strange kind… In it all intertwined—love and hatred, generosity and greed, human courage and human cruelty. No wonder the judges would later call this loud trial a crime of the century…”