The case of the vanishing blonde : and other true crime stories / Mark Bowden.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802128447 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 232 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The incident at Alpha Tau Omega -- "Why don't u tell me wht ur into" -- The case of the vanishing blonde -- ... A million years ago -- The body in room 348 -- Who killed Euhommie Bond? |
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Subject: | Crime > United States > Case studies. Criminals > United States > Case studies. Murder > United States > Case studies. |
Genre: | True crime stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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- Baker & Taylor
"Throughout his long and illustrious career, Mark Bowden has written about crime and was recognized in 2010 with a lifetime achievement award by the International Thriller Writers organization. The Case of the Vanishing Blonde collects six of his most riveting pieces-accounts spanning four decades of searing characters and unsettling tales to illustrate all manner of crimes and the ways technology has progressively altered criminal investigation. From a 1983 story of a campus rape at the University of Pennsylvania that unleashed a debate over the nature of consent when drinking and drugs are involved, to three cold cases featuring the inimitable Long Island private detective Ken Brennan and a startling investigation into a murderer deep within the LAPD'sranks, shielded for twenty-six years by officers keen to protect one of their own, these stories are the work of a masterful narrative journalist at work-gripping true crime from a writer the Washington Post calls "an old pro.""-- - Baker & Taylor
The former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and author of the best-selling Black Hawk Down presents a collection of six career-spanning true-crime stories that reflect on the impact of modern technology on the journalistic process. - Perseus Publishing
From Mark Bowden, a âmaster of narrative journalismâ (New York Times), comes a true-crime collection both deeply chilling and impossible to put down. - Perseus Publishing
From Mark Bowden, a âmaster of narrative journalismâ (New York Times), comes a true-crime collection both deeply chilling and impossible to put down.
Six captivating true-crime stories, spanning Mark Bowdenâs long and illustrious career, cover a variety of crimes complicated by extraordinary circumstances. Winner of a lifetime achievement award from International Thriller Writers, Bowden revisits in The Case of the Vanishing Blonde some of his most riveting stories and examines the effects of modern technology on the journalistic process.
From a story of a campus rape at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 that unleashed a moral debate over the nature of consent when drinking and drugs are involved to three cold cases featuring the inimitable Long Island private detective Ken Brennan and a startling investigation that reveals a murderer within the LAPDâs ranks, shielded for twenty six years by officers keen to protect one of their own, these stories are the work of a masterful narrative journalist at work. Gripping true crime from a writer the Washington Post calls âan old pro.â