# The Murder of Helen Jewett

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-cline-cohen/the-murder-of-helen-jewett/9780679740759

![The Murder of Helen Jewett](https://quivercdn.com/covers/vintage/patricia-cline-cohen/the-murder-of-helen-jewett_978-06-7974-075-9.jpg?v=2026-06-17%2012%3A59%3A50)

- Book: [The Murder of Helen Jewett](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-cline-cohen/the-murder-of-helen-jewett) ([The Murder of Helen Jewett.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-cline-cohen/the-murder-of-helen-jewett.md))
- Authors: [Patricia Cline Cohen](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-cline-cohen)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-075-9
- Pages: 512
- Published: 1999-06-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen...