The trial of Dr. Adams vs The Wrong Man: Which Should You Read?

The trial of Dr. Adams Sybille Bedford · 1958 ★★★★☆ 3.7 245 pages · ≈ 4 h 32 m · Moderate

Taken from a review: Here is the accused, Dr. John Adams, being tried for the murder of Mrs. Morell (after rumors connected with other ""mysterious"" deaths) six years previously (there were 16 other, earlier charges).…

The Wrong Man James Neff · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.9 435 pages · ≈ 8 h 03 m · Moderate

“EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, July 3, 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard pulled his Lincoln into the parking lot of Bay View Hospital, housed in a huge, Georgian-style mansion built on the bluffs of Lake Erie.”

The real-life murder that became known as "The Fugitive" case began before dawn on July 4, 1954, in a Cleveland suburb, when Marilyn Sheppard was viciously beaten to death in her bed. After an inadequate investigation,…