Doyle's Beat

Doyle's Beat is a semi-fictional account of the murder of Harvard Professor George Parkman by Harvard Professor John Webster, as seen through the eyes of Inspector James Doyle of the Boston Police Department. Doyle and his assistant, Sean Cannon, tell of their recovery of the dismembered body of Dr. Parkman in a deep pit under the laboratory of Dr. Webster. Doyle and Cannon take us through the most famous murder trial of the century, and along the way provide a glimpse of the public's reaction and the struggles of Boston's Irish immigrants in a city governed by a wealthy Harvard educated elite.