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Winner of the 2023 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open.

Erika…

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1 author picked Tell Me Everything as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a story about a fight for justice—a fight that even Erika Krouse may not have anticipated when she embarked on this five-year journey.

I was captivated by how Krouse walks a delicate tightrope, blending her narrative of her own sexual violence with her crusade for justice for a remarkable young college woman who was attacked at a party by football players and recruits.

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