Read an excerpt of Jessica Knoll's new book, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.
Name:Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsThere was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.. It's nice to have you! In October, we're reading Jessica Knoll's , a novel that reimagines the story of Ted Bundy by placing the women who died by his hand front and center. Read an excerpt from the book below, then find out how to participate.
“I’ve sat in on a few depositions for one of my classes at Columbia,” I answered with a lofty lift of my chin. “Please state your address for me.” His arousal, that the power of the state gave him the authority to ask this of me, was unmissable— he adjusted himself in his seat, rubbed his lips together wetly.“I’m a student at Columbia Law School.”
“In your statement to the police”—The Defendant shuffled his notes like a deck of cards—“you described it as ‘more blood than I’d ever seen in my life.’ ” But the page in his hand was upside down. Inwardly, I recoiled. The barnyard animal sitting much too close to me had memorized that part. When you fry, I willed my pleasant features to express, your mother will have to grieve in societal exilethen. I loved her. So many people did.” In death penalty cases, copies of court transcripts must be saved forever, and I wanted a permanent record of this unsparing truth, for Denise. “I was worried because she wasn’t out in the hallway with the other girls.”
“What is your understanding now as to why the nozzle of the Clairol hair mist bottle was covered in those elements?” The Defendant hastened to ask before Veronica Ramira could get involved.
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