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Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Wow - might be in my top 10 of the year. Part memoir, part true crime, Krouse shares her story of how she went from working hourly odd jobs to being a private investigator for one of the most high profile university assault cases in the early 2000’s. For her whole life Krouse had people quickly confide in her, both strangers and friends alike. She uses this unassuming gift to seek justice for multiple sexual assault victims from a college football team in Colorado. While she builds relationships with the victims, learns more about how tedious the judicial system can be, Krouse is also dealing with her own past of assault… something she isn’t able to compartmentalize for very long.
The book flies by. Not knowing anything about this case prior, I quickly got sucked in trying to put the pieces together along with Krouse. You can tell she has a past in writing…you are captivated as you learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to the football teams’ culture of greed and dominance, wanting so badly for justice to prevail. Krouse is also quite vulnerable she navigates being a sexual assault survivor herself; I wasn’t expecting this aspect to the book as much but it brings a depth that you can’t manufacture with a solitary true crime novel.
I highly recommend this book but with a huge caveat for sexual assault and domestic violence. The audiobook narrated by @gabracadabranyc was outstanding, one of the best I have listened to all year.
The book flies by. Not knowing anything about this case prior, I quickly got sucked in trying to put the pieces together along with Krouse. You can tell she has a past in writing…you are captivated as you learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to the football teams’ culture of greed and dominance, wanting so badly for justice to prevail. Krouse is also quite vulnerable she navigates being a sexual assault survivor herself; I wasn’t expecting this aspect to the book as much but it brings a depth that you can’t manufacture with a solitary true crime novel.
I highly recommend this book but with a huge caveat for sexual assault and domestic violence. The audiobook narrated by @gabracadabranyc was outstanding, one of the best I have listened to all year.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence