About
Maureen Boyle is the author of three true-crime books. Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer was published in 2017 and The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer (Black Lyon) was published in June 2021. Child Last Seen: The Search for Patty Desmond (Black Lyon) was published in June 2023. She is now working on her fourth book.
She was named New England Journalist of the Year three times and has been honored for her work covering crime, drug issues and human-interest stories both regionally and nationally. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in criminal justice. She is now the journalism program director at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.
Featured Work
Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer
In the largest serial killing case in Massachusetts since the Boston strangler, eleven women went missing in the New Bedford in 1988. Nine were found dead and two remain missing. Maureen Boyle, who broke the story as a reporter, looks beyond the headlines and explores the background of the victims, the suspects and looks at why this cold case remains unsolved.
