Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250826466)

Winner of the 2023 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open.

Erika Krouse has one of those faces. "I don't know why I'm telling you this," people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea what she's doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the assignment down. Her own history with sexual violence makes it all too personal. But she takes the job anyway, inspired by Grayson's conviction that he could help change things forever. And maybe she could, too.

Over the next five years, Erika learns everything she can about P. I. technique, tracking down witnesses and investigating a culture of sexual assault and harassment ingrained in the university's football program. But as the investigation grows into a national scandal and a historic civil rights case that revolutionizes Title IX law, Erika finds herself increasingly consumed. When the case and her life both implode at the same time, Erika must figure out how to help win the case without losing herself.

Author: Erika Krouse
ISBN-10: 1250826462
ISBN-13: 9781250826466
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2023
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.51w x 0.77d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Winner