The #1 Wall Street Journal ebook bestseller about the murder that
shocked Savannah society and inspired the blockbuster film.
As a premier antiques dealer in Savannah, Jim Williams had it all:
style, culture, charisma, and sophistication. But three decades of hard
work came crashing down the night he shot Danny Hansford, his wild young
lover. Jim Williams stood trial four times over the next decade for
premeditated murder.
While Clint Eastwood's movie--starring Kevin Spacey and Jude Law--and
the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
portrayed the natives of Savannah as remarkably decadent, exotic
characters, they missed the surprising dark side of Jim Williams
himself. He was a smooth predator whose crimes could have put him behind
bars long before the death of Danny Hansford.
After Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is Marilyn Bardsley's
continuation of the story, which includes crucial testimony recreating
the courtroom drama between a gifted prosecutor and a brilliant defense
attorney as they battle over the future of a self-made aristocrat. More
than forty photos and revealing insider interviews bring new life to the
vivid cast of characters in this unique southern crime story.