Bodie Kane, a successful film scholar and podcaster, returns to Granby School, the New Hampshire boarding school where she spent four uncomfortable years. In 1995, her senior roommate, Thalia Keith, was found dead in the campus swimming pool, and the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, was quickly convicted of her murder. As Bodie teaches a short-term course on podcasting, she and her students re-examine the original investigation, identifying procedural flaws, overlooked witnesses, and systemic failures that led to a potentially wrongful conviction in a pre-forensics era.
This book targets readers interested in true crime culture and the ethics of retroactive justice. It appeals to those who enjoy analyzing how memory changes over decades and how societal biases influence the legal system. Readers finish the story with a skeptical view of institutional narratives and an understanding of how collective obsession with past tragedies impacts the living victims and the falsely accused. It provides a detailed look at the tension between nostalgia and the reality of 1990s gender dynamics.
Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
