The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower: A Murder That Became a Real-life Mystery, a Mystery That Became an Obsession - Hardcover

Graysmith, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 042523231X ISBN 13: 9780425232316

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2010

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author who investigated the Zodiac case now uncovers a real-life mystery of murder, body doubles, and obsession

Marli Renfro was a model who played a part in one of the most iconic scenes in American movies- as Janet Leigh's nude body double in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho-only to fade into obscurity, a footnote in Hollywood history. It wasn't until 1988 that Marli Renfro made news again-raped and murdered by a serial killer with a fetish for the classic Hitchcock shocker. But as Graysmith investigated Marli's story, a nagging doubt entered his mind. What if Marli was still alive? What if another woman had been murdered in her place? And if Marli was still alive, would he ever find her?

The line between art and reality is blurred in this astonishing coda to one of the most memorable screen murders of all time, and to a real- life crime that one man was determined to solve.

About this title

Review:

'this tale makes a macabre codicil to Hitchcock's iconic horror story...the passages echo the style of a true crime novella' --The Telegraph

'Graysmith's devilishly rich detailing keeps you intermittently immersed until the killer twist' --Total Film

'Graysmith's book offers something usually absent from any discussion of Psycho: a female presence and a woman's perspective' --The Guardian

About the Author:

Robert Graysmith resides in San Francisco, California and is the New York Times bestselling author of The Sleeping Lady, Auto Focus, Unabomber, and The Bell Tower.

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 042523231X
• ISBN 13: 9780425232316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307