{"product_id":"9780063358959","title":"Kill Show","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Riveting, original, and chillingly plausible, \u003cem\u003eKill Show\u003c\/em\u003e is both an urgent reckoning with the ethics of true crime and a tense mystery in its own right. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”—Flynn Berry, Edgar Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eNorthern Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national obsession—in this thoughtful and addictively readable novel that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp April morning in Frederick, Maryland. Her tragic story was a national obsession and the centerpiece of a controversial television docuseries that followed her disappearance in real time. But is it possible that everyone missed the biggest secret of all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years after these events, the people who knew Sara best are finally ready to talk. In this genre-bending novel, Daniel Sweren-Becker fashions an oral history around the seemingly familiar crime of a teenage girl gone missing. Yet \u003cem\u003eKill Show\u003c\/em\u003e, filled with diabolical twists and provocative social commentary, is no standard mystery. Through “interviews” with family members, neighbors, law enforcement, television executives, and a host of other compelling characters, Sweren-Becker constructs a riveting tale about one family’s tragedy—and Hollywood’s insatiable desire to exploit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy revealing the seedy underbelly of the true crime entertainment machine, \u003cem\u003eKill Show\u003c\/em\u003e probes literary territory beyond the bounds of the standard whodunit; it’s a thoughtful exploration into America’s obsession with the mysteries, cold cases, and violent tales we turn to for comfort. Groundbreaking, fast-moving, and informed, this is a novel about who’s really responsible for the tragedies we love to consume. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Sweren-Becker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49979285700965,"sku":"9780063358959","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_01f69641-21fe-4bc5-8901-6121dd432f3a.jpg?v=1759418736","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9780063358959","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}