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A Lovely Girl
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A Lovely Girl
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£18.17/each
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The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in Californiaa murder so twisted it seems ripped from a Greek tragedy. Deborah Larkin was only ten years old when the quiet calm of her California suburb was shattered. Thirty miles north, on a quiet November night in Santa Barbara, a pregnant nurse named Olga Duncan disappeared from her apartment. The mystery deepens when it is discovered that Olgas mother in-lawa deeply manipulative and deceptive womanhad been doing everything in her power to separate Olga and her son, Frank, prior to Olgas disappearance. From a forged annulment to multiple attempts to hire people to get rid of Olga, to a faked extortion case, Elizabeth seemed psychopathically attached to her son. Yet she denied having anything to do with Olgas disappearance with a smile. But when Olgas brutally beaten body is found in a shallow grave, apparently buried alive, a young DA makes it his mission to see that Elizabeth Duncan is brought to justice. Adding a wrinkle to his efforts is the fact that Frankhimself a defense attorneymaintained his mothers innocence to the end. How does a young girl process such a crime along with the fear and disbelief that rocked an entire community? Decades later, Larkin is determined to revisit the case and bring the story of Olga herself to light. Long overshadowed by the sensationalism and scandal of Elizabeth and Frank, A Lovely Girl seeks to reveal Olga as a woman in full. Someone who was more than the twisted family that would ultimately ensnare her. As we follow the heart-pounding drama of the case through Larkin''s young eyesher father was the court reporterA Lovely Girl is by turns page-turning yet poignant, and makes the reader reexamine how we handle fear, how we regard mental illness, and how we understand family as we carve our own path in a dangerous world.
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| Author | Deborah Holt Larkin |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781639362448 |
| Item Height | 4.6 |
| Item Length | 16.7 |
| Item Width | 23.8 |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books Hb |
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