Sarah Weinman
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that the subject of the novel was inspired by a real-life case: the 1948 abduction of eleven-year-old Sally Horner. Weaving together suspenseful crime narrative, cultural and social history, and literary investigation, The Real Lolita tells Sally Horner's full story for the very first time. Drawing upon extensive investigations,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
464 pages
Description
In the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a correspondence with William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review. Buckley, who refused to believe that a man who supported the neoconservative movement could have committed such a heinous crime, began to advocate not only for Smith?s life to be spared but also for his sentence to be overturned. So begins a bizarre and tragic...
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
8 CDs (600 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Acclaimed author Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. There are thirteen pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible.
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xix, 232 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all...