When a Boston police officer turned up dead in the snow in January 2022, it’s safe to say no one could have foreseen what it would become: a controversial, true-crime mystery that grabbed international headlines. In his new book, Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O’Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA (BenBella Books/Simon & Schuster, 2026), veteran journalist Dave Wedge, a Boston College graduate, provides a detailed and immersive account of the subsequent trial of the officer’s girlfriend. According to Wedge, the apparently open-and-shut manslaughter case quickly devolved into chaos—with a rogue journalist, a mistrial, institutional corruption, police cover-ups, and polarizing public protests. In Blizzard of Lies, Wedge shares inside stories and new details, based on interviews with people on both sides of the case, including law enforcement, Karen Read and her legal team, and the family of John O’Keefe. Wedge is a bestselling author whose previous books include Boston Strong: A City’s Triumph Over Tragedy and Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory, among others.