Blind Faith is a 1989 true crime book by Joe McGinniss, based on the 1984 case in which American businessman Robert O. Marshall was charged with (and later convicted of) the contract killing of his wife, Maria.

[1][2][3][4] Blind Faith maintains that to the affluent residents of Toms River, New Jersey, Marshall was a devoted family man and respected member of the community.

But soon after his wife's death, Marshall's perfect image began to unravel as the police investigation uncovered debt, infidelity and a $1.5 million insurance policy.

McGinniss changed the names and some personal details of most of the real people involved in the case, except for the Marshall family themselves, Judge Manuel Greenberg, assistant prosecutor Kevin Kelly, and a handful of others.

[4] In 1990, Blind Faith was adapted by screenwriter John Gay into an Emmy Award-nominated TV miniseries starring Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, Dennis Farina, Johnny Galecki, and Joe Spano.