Prosser on Fire: Romance, Rage, and Ruin The 1974 Murder of Judge James J. Lawless

Set in the small town of Prosser, Washington - the historic "birthplace of Washington's wine industry"- this 1970s true story follows a teen age forbidden romance that ignited a deadly chain of events. Police reports, witness accounts, newspaper articles, books, and public records were deeply researched by a seasoned investigator. The story chronicles a passion that audaciously defied the parents and the law. When a Superior Court judge attempted to end the affair with a strict court order, a destructive crime spree followed that concluded with the assassination of the judge by an explosive device on June 3, 1974. Research uncovered the answers of old questions. Who, what, where, when, why, and how?