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True Crime Book Discussion
"Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime" by Candace Fleming
Monday, February 27
12:00pm - 2:00pm
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2023-02-27 12:00:00
2023-02-27 14:00:00
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True Crime Book Discussion
Discuss a true crime book. This month we are discussing "Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime" by Candace Fleming
Upper Marlboro - Large Meeting Room
Upper Marlboro
Large Meeting RoomDiscuss a true crime book. This month we are discussing "Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime" by Candace Fleming
About the book
In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan’s eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket.
Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case–how two wealthy, brilliant young men planned and committed what became known as the crime of the century, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty.
Following on the success of such books as The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh and The Family Romanov, this acclaimed nonfiction writer brings to heart-stopping life one of the most notorious crimes in our country’s history.
From the publisher
Borrow the book from PGCMLS: Print
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