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Author Brottman, Mikita, 1966- author.

Title An unexplained death : the true story of a body at the Belvedere / Mikita Brottman.

Publisher New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

ISBN 9781250169143 (hardcover)
1250169143 (hardcover)



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 Holland Branch Adult  363.13 Bro    AVAILABLE  ---
 Sanger Branch Adult  363.13 Bro    AVAILABLE  ---

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Edition First edition.
Description 269 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 22 cm
Summary "The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word 'Missing,' printed in a bold, high-impact font, are two sepia-toned photographs of a man dressed in a bow tie and tux." Most people would keep walking. Maybe they'd pay a bit closer attention to the local news that evening. Mikita Brottman spent ten years sifting through the details of the missing man's life and disappearance, and his purported suicide by jumping from the roof of her own apartment building, the Belvedere. As Brottman delves into the murky circumstances surrounding Rey Rivera's death which begins to look more and more like a murder, she contemplates the nature of and motives behind suicide, and uncovers a haunting pattern of guests at the Belvedere, when it was still a historic hotel, taking their own lives on the premises. Finally, she fearlessly takes us to the edge of her own morbid curiosity and asks us to consider our own darker impulses and obsessions.
Subject Rivera, Rey, -2006.
Subject(S) Missing persons -- Investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Case studies.
Falls (Accidents) -- Investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Case studies.
Case studies.
ISBN 9781250169143 (hardcover)
1250169143 (hardcover)