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| An Unfinished Canvas: A True Story of Love, Family, and Murder in Nashville | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Glasgow, Phyllis Gobbell
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 96349
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425218287
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230976855
EAN: 9780425218280
ASIN: 0425218287
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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Product Description
Janet March had a picture-perfect life-until she disappeared...
No body, no cause of death, no physical evidence-and yet, after ten years, a murder conviction...
Janet March, the strikingly attractive artist and wife of corporate lawyer Perry March, had it all: two children she adored, a burgeoning career in the arts, supportive parents, and a dream house. What no one knew was that her husband led a destructive double life of secrets and lies. On August 16, 1996, Janet would finally file for divorce. But she never made it to that appointment-because on August 15, she vanished...
Janet's disappearance incited a massive search and media frenzy, revealing Perry's true nature to the world. For ten years, her parents and Perry battled each other through the court system in what would become and international custody battle. Meanwhile, the Nashville Police Department investigated the case from every possible angle, with the eventual help of a shocking surprise witness. Though they couldn't find the body, determine the cause of death, or even reconstruct exactly what happened that fateful night, her parents and Nashville's first Cold Case Squad remained certain of one thing-they would find justice for Janet
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Not a page turner. May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"An Unfinished Canvas" is about the murder of Janet March by her husband and the long trail to justice.
There are several colorful characters involved in the book including the killer's father, Arthur March and Perry March himself.
The highlights in this case were the victim's parents and their will to fight against their daughter's killer. The cold case detectives Pridemore and Postigliano also stand out for their intelligence and unwavering dedication as evidenced by their high rate of cold cases they solved.
The resolution of this murder was hampered by two primary factors: the victim wasn't reported missing for two weeks and for some unexplained reason the original lead detective tipped off March's attorney that the home was going to be searched.
Where the book disappointed me was the repetition of the same information, like the conversation on the plane ride back from California during March's extradition. The history of Nashville in chapter 1 was dry. The book really ground to a halt with the trial sections at the back of the book.
An interesting cold case but the book was not the smoothest or most riveting true crime book that I have read.
 "Perry March's 15 Minutes of Infamy" May 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I took my title from a quotation by Det. Pat Postiglione, one of the true heroes of this fascinating story. I found this account of Nashville's most anticiapted (10 years) trial (actually 3 trials) and perhaps "crime of the century" to be thoroughly readable. Although I paid as much attention to the case as anyone in the Nashville area, this fine work put all the pieces together. For that reason alone, I recommend this.
This book includes: custody battles, jurisdictional fights, alleged hit-men, jailhouse snitches, abuse of a corpse, and above all- supreme arrogance on the part of the book's principal subject, Perry March. It also includes midnight bicycle rides, not really a crime but I'll leave that for you to discover. Anyone interested in unsolved/ cold case murders will love this book. I couldn't put it down.
Heart Breaking Story April 28, 2008
This was one of the most heart-breaking true crime books I have ever read. My heart goes out to the Levines in the loss of their daughter and to Janet March's children. There is no punishment I can think of that is bad enough for Perry March.
However, one major frustration for me was that this book was written in the present tense. I found it extremely confusing and had to keep going back to previous passages in order to clearly understand the sequence of events.
 WHAT A STORY! April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS BOOK WAS A PAGE-TURNER IF THERE EVER WAS ONE. THANKS TO THE 2 DETECTIVES JUSTICE WAS SERVED.
Great read, a real page turner! March 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I caught part of a show on Court-TV about this case and the little I saw was intriguing, so I got this book--and was not disappointed. The author has done a fine job of documenting the devious machinations of a man who seemed to have had it all, but followed his own selfish desires and left human wreckage in his wake. This is one of the most well-written true crime books I've read in a long time (and I read a LOT of them). Looking forward to more from this author.
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