Murder in the Dollhouse

The Jennifer Dulos Story

De: Rich Cohen

Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini

A nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Jennifer Dulos and the aftershocks that rattled a wealthy suburb.

Rich Cohen’s Murder in the Dollhouse is the chilling story of Jennifer Dulos, a beautiful, rich suburban mother who dropped her kids off at the New Canaan Country School one morning and vanished. Her body has never been found.

Dulos was in the midst of an ugly divorce—one of the most contentious in Connecticut state history. The couple, a beautiful, highly connected pair, met at Brown University, had five children, and led what appeared to be a charmed life. In the wake of her disappearance, Dulos’s husband and his girlfriend were arrested. He killed himself on the day he was supposed to report to court; she was tried and convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. A gripping story of status, wealth, love, and hate, Murder in the Dollhouse peers beneath the sparkling veneer of propriety that surrounded the Duloses to uncover the origins and motivations of a crime that has become a national obsession.

Narrated by award-winning narrator Edoardo Ballerini, called "a master in his field" (The New York Times) and "in a class by himself" (Oprah Daily).

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

©2025 Rich Cohen (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“What Truman Capote did for Holcomb, Kansas, with In Cold Blood, Rich Cohen has done for New Canaan, Connecticut, with Murder in the Dollhouse. This book isn’t just true crime, it’s sociology in action.” —Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz

“In Murder in the Dollhouse, Rich Cohen takes us beyond the tabloid headlines of the Jennifer Dulos story to chronicle—in devastating detail—the tragic unraveling of a marriage and the shattering of the American dream. With brilliant, razor-sharp writing and deep reporting of the case, he proves to be the perfect narrator as we witness two lives on an inevitable collision course.” —Katie Couric

“Rich Cohen takes what might be dismissed as a tabloid story of murder and mines it for its deeper, weightier resonances, revealing a painfully human (and perhaps quintessentially American) story of a Kafkaesque divorce, its ripple effects on family and friends, and the destructive power of relentless aspiration.” —Megan Abbot, New York Times bestselling author of Beware the Woman

excellent

well written, well presented,well researched, overall very honest, very heartfelt and deserves your listen, glad I bought this

I love the author

The only thing I felt that should be a little different is to read the afterword first, so you know it’s a true story

True Crime Classic

I could not stop listening to this once I started,even though I was qute familiar with the case via Dateline, 48 hours and the New York TImes. Such a tragic story, but told exceedingly well. The narrator was terrific as well.

Infuriating, fascinating, Sad

An exquisitely written look at the life and death of Jennifer Dulos. The narrator is excellent, perfectly expressive. I highly reccomend.

Excellent retelling of a tragedy.

“Murder in the Dollhouse” is classic Rich Cohen—witty, sharp, and endlessly absorbing. He’s a master storyteller who somehow makes every detail feel both intimate and electric. What really elevates the audio experience is hands down the best narration Edoardo Ballerini. The voice work brings Cohen’s prose to life with uncanny precision.

True crime, truly done well.

The narrator was astounding but the writing was truly astonishing. I had read a review of this book and recall reading about the case in Vanity Fair but this was beautiful writing about a tragic event. I listened to almost the entire book in one sitting.

Very thorough and human

I appreciated the focus on Jennifer, and the family dynamic with her father. It seems to me that his continuing to keep the business afloat kept Jennifer safe. After he died his widow didn’t take the same approach. I don’t blame her; it wouldn’t have been appropriate given the divorce. This story haunts me because it proves that coercive control crosses all socioeconomic strata.