Noose and Collar is the acclaimed true story of Madison Connecticut's most famous murder. It was late summer in 1878 and life in the Rockland section of North Madison, Connecticut was simple. The local community was shocked when 22 year-old Mary Stannard turned up dead, the cause: murder. But even more shocking was the prime suspect: the Reverend.

The trial that ensued was one of the first cases in US history use forensic science to help provide proof that the Reverend was guilty of Murder.

Helander provides readers with an exciting look at life on the Connecticut shoreline at the time of the Victorian-era murder.