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Sun, Sep 27
|Pope Memorial Library
FREE - Author Dave Wedge
The explosive story of O’Keefe’s death, and the subsequent accusation and trial of his girlfriend Karen Read, ignited one of the most high-profile true crime mysteries in decades. The apparently open-and-shut manslaughter case quickly devolved into a chaotic mixture of lies. With White Birch Books
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Pope Memorial Library, 2719 White Mountain Hwy, North Conway, NH 03860, USA
About the event
"A propulsive recap of a fascinating case." —Publishers Weekly
"This is, hands down, one of the best works of crime nonfiction to hit shelves in years." —Booklist
In January 2022, a Boston police officer turned up dead in the snow, seemingly a victim of a simple hit-and-run.
But Officer John O’Keefe’s death kicked off a scandalous whodunit that invited federal scrutiny and triggered nationwide outrage.
The explosive story of O’Keefe’s death, and the subsequent accusation and trial of his girlfriend Karen Read, ignited one of the most high-profile true crime mysteries in decades. The apparently open-and-shut manslaughter case quickly devolved into a chaotic mixture of lies, institutional corruption, and police cover-ups that threw the Massachusetts law enforcement scene into turmoil.