The book "Life and Death of Mrs. Maria Bickford" tells about the life of a beautiful woman who was brutally murdered in the moral and religious city of Boston on the night of October 27, 1845. The killer turned out to be Albert J. Tyrrell, her lover, who was detained aboard the ship "Sultan" near New York. The author of this book is a clergyman from Brunswick, Maine. The book details the circumstances of the crime, the relationship between the victim and the killer, as well as his further fate after the arrest. It is a fascinating narrative that sheds light on a tragic event and its consequences for everyone involved in this story.