Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer leila landsman turns to work and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of becky burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lov...Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer leila landsman turns to work and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of becky burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lover. Becky thought she'd escaped the grim poverty of her childhood when she married up, but her husband was soon planning to trade her in for a newer model.