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A Deadly Secret

The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst

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A Deadly Secret

By: Matt Birkbeck
Narrated by: David H. Lawrence XVII
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About this listen

 The recent arrest in New Orleans and the HBO documentary The Jinx have put Robert Durst back in the headlines. Here, from the first reporter to access Durst’s NYPD files, is the authoritative account of a decades-long criminal odyssey—the very book found in Durst’s own apartment when it was searched by police.

When medical student Kathie Durst vanished in 1982, she was married to Robert Durst, son of a New York real estate magnate. Kathie’s friends had reason to implicate her husband. They told police that Kathie lived in terror of Robert, and that she had uncovered incriminating financial evidence about him. But Durst’s secrets went even deeper. For decades, Kathie’s disappearance remained a mystery.

Then in 2001, Durst, an heir to an empire valued at two billion dollars, was arrested for shoplifting in Pennsylvania. When the police brought him in, they discovered that he was a suspect in the murder of Texas drifter Morris Black, whose dismembered remains were found floating in Galveston Bay, and that Durst was also wanted for questioning in the killing of his friend, Susan Burman, in Los Angeles.

Based on interviews with family, friends, and acquaintances of Durst, law enforcement, and others involved in the case, A Deadly Secret is a cross-country odyssey of stolen IDs and multiple identities that raises baffling questions about one of the country’s most prominent families—and one of its most elusive suspected killers.
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Critic reviews

Praise for A Deadly Secret

“A startling inside look at the politics of police work.”—Westchester County Times

“Provocative.”—CourtTV.com

Praise for the work of Matt Birkbeck

“Sensational.”—The New York Times

“Epic.”—The Los Angeles Times

“A stunning work of investigative journalism."—Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy

“A beautiful masterpiece.”—TrueCrimeBookReviews.com
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This book held me in suspense all the way through. I have followed the case and I am watching The Jinx - and this book was excellent for providing extra details. The narrator was also excellent - his Robert Durst voice was - chillingly - spot-on.

Very good!

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Having seen The Jinx, a gripping and tragic Documentary I was hoping for more of the same ,I was hoping for too much.


The story was erratic and non cohesive, the only saving grace was the refund option which I will be using. Pfft...

Too Long, Too Many Repeated Facts

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