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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
One of Amazon's Best History Books of January
Acclaimed journalist, podcaster, and true-crime historian Kate Winkler Dawson tells the true story of the scandalous murder investigation that became the inspiration for both Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the first true-crime book published in America.
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Why read it?
2 authors picked The Sinners All Bow as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The most unique structure for a true crime book I've ever encounter. The writing was incredible. The link to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter was fascinating.
A super clean and vital look at who gets to tell a brutal story and why it costs so much. Dawson dissects the machinery of shame and authorship, the ethics of “using” a life, echoing my own obsession with how narratives can protect, distort, or wound the living.
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