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A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity—but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside. But as authorities scrambled for clues and the community reeled from the loss and media attention, dark secrets about this Southern legal dynasty came to light. The Murdaughs, it turned out, were feared as much as they were loved. And they wouldn’t hesitate to wield their influence to protect one of their own; two years before he was killed, a highly intoxicated Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of a boat when it crashed and killed a teenage girl, and his light treatment by police led to speculation that privilege had come into play. As bombshells of financial fraud were revealed and more suspicious deaths were linked to the Murdaughs, a new portrait of Alex Murdaugh emerged: a desperate man on the brink of ruin who would do anything, even plan his own death, to save his family’s reputation.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781250283481","publication_date":"20230808","publisher":"St. Martin's Press","slug":"tangled-vines","subtitle":"Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders","title":"Tangled Vines"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"TRU002000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Murder & Homicide","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"TRU005000","confidence_band":"high","label":"White-Collar Crime","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}],"hint":[],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"TRU002000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Murder & Homicide","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"TRU005000","confidence_band":"high","label":"White-Collar Crime","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Murder & Homicide","score":1,"slug":"murder-homicide"},{"label":"White-Collar Crime","score":1,"slug":"white-collar-crime"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Murder & Homicide","Good for readers interested in family","Good for fans of True Crime"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Susan Clare Zalkind","Susan Zalkind"],"book_id":"9781503903708","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781503903708.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.5285,"title":"The Waltham Murders","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781503903708"},{"authors":["Amanda Lamb"],"book_id":"9780425221969","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780425221969.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.2257,"title":"Deadly Dose","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780425221969"},{"authors":["Joe Sharkey"],"book_id":"9781504041768","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781504041768.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.2114,"title":"Above Suspicion","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781504041768"},{"authors":["Caitlin Rother","Christina Delaine","Tantor Media","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780806542621","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780806542621.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.1924,"title":"Down to the Bone","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780806542621"},{"authors":["James Patterson"],"book_id":"9781538744727","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781538744727.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.1916,"title":"Murder, Interrupted","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781538744727"},{"authors":["Robert Scott","Sarah Maynard","Larry Maynard"],"book_id":"9780425258828","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780425258828.jpg?v=20260402T191500Z-bisacv2site-fullset%3A2026-04-05T10%3A13%3A18Z","score":8.1844,"title":"The Girl in the Leaves","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780425258828"},{"authors":["M. 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