- Publisher: Grove
- Year: 2021
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 197x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781611854572
- Product code: 546759
The Case of the Vanishing Blonde
and Other True Crime Stories
Mark Bowden New Paperback
Postscript summary
For four decades Mark Bowden has been reporting on crime for Vanity Fair and other publications. This collection features six of his most famous stories, including a murderer in the ranks of the LAPD. Over the years, they reveal the growing impact of CCTV and DNA evidence on policing, while three of them feature the indefatigable private sleuth Ken Brennan.
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Six captivating true-crime stories, spanning Mark Bowden's long and illustrious career, cover a variety of crimes complicated by extraordinary circumstances. In The Case of the Vanishing Blonde, the veteran reporter revisits some of his most riveting stories and examines the effects of modern technology on the journalistic process.
From a story of a campus rape in 1983, to three cold cases solved by the inimitable private detective Ken Brennan, an LAPD investigation that unearths a murderer within its own ranks and the darkest corners of internet chatrooms, this collection contains all the best the genre has to offer. Gripping true crime from 'an old pro' (Wall Street Journal).
From a story of a campus rape in 1983, to three cold cases solved by the inimitable private detective Ken Brennan, an LAPD investigation that unearths a murderer within its own ranks and the darkest corners of internet chatrooms, this collection contains all the best the genre has to offer. Gripping true crime from 'an old pro' (Wall Street Journal).
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For four decades Mark Bowden has been reporting on crime for <I>Vanity Fair</I> and other publications. This collection features six of his most famous stories, including a murderer in the ranks of the LAPD. Over the years, they reveal the growing impact of CCTV and DNA evidence on policing, while three of them feature the indefatigable private sleuth Ken Brennan.
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