A Crime In The Neighborhood
Beginning of paper
It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington, D.C., suburb, got its first taste
of an increasingly violent, insecure modern world. The quiet residential area, whose inhabitants
traditionally left their doors unlocked and spent the summers attending one another’s cookout, was
rocked b ....
Middle of paper
.... disorientation over the unfolding Watergate scandal. The tension proves too great when
the Eberhardts’ shy bachelor neighbor, Mr. Green, takes interest in Marsha’s mother. Though
murder is the most visible crime in Marsha’s neighborhood, it is by no means the only one,
Marsha’s father and aunt run off together and Marsha wrongly accusses Mr. Green for the death
of Boyd Ellison.
Marsha’s father had left before the summer Boyd Ellison was killed. The divorce had a
tremendo ....
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Word count: 1352
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
