Guilty Mind

by Irene Marcuse

Published 1 May 2001
On Friday night, Anita and Benno Servi were sitting on the front steps of their Manhattan apartment building, necking like teenagers. By Monday afternoon, Benno was the prime suspect in the murder of their babysitter, Ellen Chapman. Benno had walked the young student home and when she didn't arrive on Monday to pick up the Servi's daughter, Anita went to Ellen's apartment. That's when she found the body, stabbed with a screwdriver belonging to Benno and with only his fingerprints on it. Had he been having an affair with the young woman? And why, despite the evidence, would Anita refuse to believe the facts? As she starts to discover more, answering the questions about Benno's possible guilt as a murderer becomes only part of the problem.