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Maynard, Joyce, 1953-

Internal combustion : the true story of a marriage and a murder in the Motor City / Joyce Maynard. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006. - v, 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How I wrote this book -- Introduction -- Part one: Missing man -- Part two: Family history -- Part three: Building the case -- Part four: The people versus Nancy Seaman -- Part five: Looking for answers.

Recounts the 2004 hatchet killing of Bob Seaman, an auto industry engineer and softball coach, describing the arrest of his wife of more than thirty years, as well as the contradictory testimonies of their two sons.

ISBN: 0787982261 (alk. paper) 9780787982263 (alk. paper) 9780470223567 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0470223561 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006017098

Subjects--Personal Names:
Seaman, Nancy.
Seaman, Nancy--Trials, litigation, etc.
Seaman, Robert, d. 2004.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Murder--Michigan--Farmington Hills.
Murder--Investigation--Michigan--Farmington Hills.
Trials (Murder)--Michigan--Farmington Hills.
Dysfunctional families--Michigan--Farmington Hills.

LC Class. No.: HV6534.F37 / M39 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 364.152/3092