Safe Harbor : A Murder in Nantucket

Elizabeth Lochtefeld was a glowing, charismatic and driven woman who'd built a million-dollar fortune in Manhattan before settling into a new life in one of America's most elite resort communities. She'd planned to dedicate the rest of her life to charity-and to marry and finally start a family of her own. When Lochtefeld met thrity-seven year-old Tim Toolan— a tall, strapping, handsome, and Columbia graduate and Wall Street ace who'd made it to Vice President at Smith Barney-she thought she'd found Mr. Right. She told friends she was in love. She hinted at marriage. But soon she saw past the Golden Boy facade, finding a deeply troubled man with a history of erratic bahavior — a man given to violent mood swings who'd been fired from his position at Smith Barney after trying to steal an $80,000 Roman bust from a Park Avenue antiques show. Two days after she ended the affair, she lay dead on the floor of her Nantucket cottage. Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket is the... She thought she'd found Mr. Right—until it all went murderously wrong—in this true-crime tale with “all the elements of a grand tragedy” (Library Journal).Elizabeth Lochtefeld was a glowing, charismatic, and driven businesswoman who'd built a small fortune in Manhattan before settling into a new life in one of America's most elite resort communities. In her mid-forties, she planned to dedicate the rest of her life to charity—and to marry and finally start a family of her own.When Lochtefeld met thirty-seven-year-old Tim Toolan—a tall, handsome Columbia graduate and Wall Street ace who'd achieved a VP position at Smith Barney—she thought she'd found Mr. Right. She told friends she was in love. She hinted at marriage. But soon she saw past the golden-boy facade, finding a deeply troubled man with a history of erratic behavior—a man given to violent mood swings who'd been fired from his job after trying to steal an $80,000 Roman bust from a Park Avenue antiques show. And two days after she ended the affair, she lay dead on the floor of her Nantucket cottage...“Poignant [and] truly chilling.” —Kirkus ReviewsIncludes photos Elizabeth Lochtefeld was a glowing, charismatic and driven woman who'd built a million-dollar fortune in Manhattan before settling into a new life in an elite resort community. When she met Tim Toolan--a tall, strapping, handsome Columbia graduate and Wall Street ace who'd made it to Vice President at Smith Barney--she thought she'd found Mr. Right. But soon she saw past the Golden Boy facade, finding a deeply troubled man with a history of erratic behavior--a man given to violent mood swings who'd been fired from Smith Barney after trying to steal a Roman bust from a Park Avenue antiques show. Two days after she ended the affair, she lay dead in her Nantucket cottage. This is the story of love gone terribly wrong.--From publisher description Chronicles the events surrounding the 2004 murder of Elizabeth Lochtefeld by her former boyfriend, Thomas Toolan III, a troubled but successful man who took Elizabeth's life after she ended their relationship