The Fact of a Body

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

2018 Nominee

CWA Dagger for Non-Fiction

03 May 2018
9781509805648
352 pages

Synopsis

'Part memoir, part true crime, wholly brilliant.' – Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train.

When law student Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is asked to work on a death-row hearing for convicted murderer and child molester Ricky Langley, she finds herself thrust into the tangled story of his childhood. As she digs deeper and deeper into the case she realizes that, despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar.

The Fact of a Body is both an enthralling memoir and a groundbreaking, heart-stopping investigation into how the law is personal, composed of individual stories, and proof that arriving at the truth is more complicated, and powerful, than we could ever imagine.

A haunting memoir of murder, revenge and dark family secrets
Shocking, chilling, unforgettable
Compulsive, eloquent and profoundly troubling. One of those rare books which embrace the genuine complexity of real life.