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Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the 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, Krouse 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. Krouse 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, Krouse 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, she finds herself increasingly consumed. When the case and her life both implode at the same time, she must figure out how to help win the case without losing herself.
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"As she works on this enraging case, with victims whose experiences often mirror her own, Krouse inches her way toward a better understanding of who she is."
"With graphic descriptions of horrifying events, Krouse's brutal candor and perceptive insights make for powerful storytelling."
"An exceptionally well-told, perceptive examination of a sexual abuse scandal and its personal and social relevance."
"what began as a fight for one woman's justice becomes a battle Krouse fights against her own inner demons that eloquently contends with systemic issues still plaguing American institutions today."
"Both the true crime and memoir components of Krouse's book are extremely successful, and her reflections on the injured party's difficult choice to make their pain public are crisp and on point ..."
"She seamlessly weaves elements of her own history into the narrative as she describes following leads, establishing a case, and fighting for justice ..."
"There are occasional false moments, too."
"As the investigation progresses, Krouse unfurls a storyline as compelling as any detective novel ..."
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