Erika Krouse

Part memoir and part literary true crime, 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, 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.

The Story of a Private Investigation

Tell Me Everything

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, 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.

Fight Girl

Die Streetfighterin Nina Black kennt jeden noch so düsteren Winkel in Denver. Sie kämpft mit ihren Fäusten gegen Männer, die sie für leichte Beute halten und zu spät begreifen, dass sie selbst die Beute sind und neben der Würde stiehlt sie ihnen auch gleich noch die Brieftasche. Ninas Leben ändert sich schlagartig, als eines ihrer Opfer, ein Polizist und ehemaliger Streetfighter, zu alter Form aufläuft und beides zurück will sein Geld und seine Ehre. Auf der Suche nach dem einzigen Menschen, der sie auf den Final Fight vorbereiten kann, begegnet sie nicht nur ihrer alten Liebe wieder. Mit ihrem instinktiven Verständnis für die dunklen Winkel weiblicher Comedy ist Krouse eine geistige Schwester von Lorrie Moore." New York Times Book Review. Die krasseste, intensivste romantische Komödie, die ich je gelesen habe anrührend und brutal wie eine schöne, zerbrechliche taumelnde Boxerin auf der Suche nach Liebe." William Haywood Henderson

Roman

Thirteen new stories by this up-and-coming short story writer evoke the spirit of Mae West and other liberated women. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Come Up and See Me Sometime

Street-fighter Nina Black lives by her fists in Denver, stealing wallets and taking advantage of men who try to take advantage of her. This symbiosis is upended when one of her marks wants his wallet and his dignity back.

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