Martha Rose Woodward, local Knoxville writer has released another book. This one is a true crime non fiction book, titled Seven Minutes in Hell: The Eric McLean Murder Case.

The book is reported to detail the Sean Powell Murder Case that happened here in Knoxville, TN. Sean Powell, dead at age 18 from a single gun shot wound to the head entering his face just above the right eye, killing him instantly. The shooter, Eric McLean served just 71 days after shooting Powell in the head with one 30/30 shell from a 360 Marlin rifle. The person that brought Sean Powell and Eric McLean together was Erin McLean, at the time a student-teacher who met Powell in her senior English class. It is reported that the book details how Erin McLean seduced him with kinky sex and alcohol.

It is reported that the highlights of the book are The arrest of a wild-haired, drugged-up Eric. The flight of Erin, the mother who went on the lam with two young children. Includes interviews of the birth mother who thinks Eric got away with cold-blooded murder. Behind the scenes details Woodward uncovered by reading the case files and looking at the box of evidence—including a murder weapon big enough to kill a large bear or elk. The secret journals Eric used to record his thoughts and feelings about sex and drugs the days leading up to the murder. Erin’s messages full of foul language as she left illegal texts to her children which contained family secrets. The drug use of Eric that was kept from the jury. What the judges really thought about the divorce and murder trials. Sean’s predictions about his own death…and much more.

The book is published by Authorhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, 2009 The price ranges from $10.00 to $14.00 plus shipping, handling, and taxes. The book is available here from authorhouse or by phone at 1-800-591-5121 or at all local bookstores and major chain stores. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE TODAY!