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An Unexplained Death

The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

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An Unexplained Death

Yazan: Mikita Brottman
Seslendiren: Mikita Brottman
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Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction

When the body of a missing man is discovered in the Belvedere, an apparent suicide, resident Mikita Brottman becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances of his death. The Belvedere used to be a hotel dating back to Baltimore’s Golden Age but is now converted into flats, and as Brottman investigates the perplexing case of the dead man, she soon becomes caught up in the strange and violent secrets of the Belvedere’s past. Her compulsions drive her to an investigation lasting over a decade.

Utterly absorbing and unnerving, An Unexplained Death will lead you down the dark and winding corridors of the Belvedere and into the deadly impulses and obsessions of the human heart.

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"Set in a Gothic hotel worthy of Poe, this mesmerising book looks into all the dank corners of an obsession with a true crime case. Hypnotic, brutally honest and unputdownable" (DENISE MINA)
"This is a learned, lucid, and finally heartbreaking account of urban obsession. It's David Fincher's film Zodiac crossed with accounts of Judge Crater's disappearance crossed with Ms Brottman's wild take on the unknowability of life and the necessity of staying obsessed. Ms Brottman is a groove - and so is her book" (JAMES ELLROY)
"An absolute page-turner. Her deceptively simple prose is both elegant and eloquent, and has the effect at times of making you feel as if you are the protagonist in a Raymond Chandler novel . . . Superb"
"An Unexplained Death is something special. Brottman’s searing honesty and insight, and her smooth, sinewy prose, turn this into a rather profound meditation on life and death, and our attitudes to both. Highly recommended"
"Mesmerising. A haunting meditation on the opacity of facts" (CLAUDIA ROWE, author of The Spider and the Fly)
"Idiosyncratic . . . poignant . . . When Brottman writes, she’s a virtuoso: poised and sure-footed, confident and graceful, witty and relaxed"
"A lyrical freeform meditation on everything from the history of the Belvedere Hotel (where Brottman lives, and where Rivera’s body was found) to the ways that people can become invisible to one another . . . If you’re looking for gorgeous writing, reflections on why some of us are fascinated by the morbid, and are willing to accept that sometimes narratives, like life, can be unsatisfying no matter how deeply they are explored, An Unexplained Death is definitely for you"
"A meditation on voyeurism, invisibility and obsession. A must-read for anyone who has found themselves obsessed with a mystery whose answers seem tantalizingly close"
"An Unexplained Death is more about mystery itself than about a mystery. Rivera’s death, which Brottman views in a light that serves as a satisfying twist, is the scaffolding on which she builds a larger meditation on the dark obsessions we develop . . . Brottman’s book encourages us to explore beyond our comfort zone, hinting at the possibility for significant discoveries"
"Not just a thrilling whodunit, with new clues unfolding every chapter, it’s a beautifully written elegy about the mystery of death . . . This is one riveting, heartbreaking read" (SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH, author of The Midnight Assassin)
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Struggled a bit listening to this book, a lot of unnecessary writing about suicide, the novelists own life and slightly rambling in general in parts. The book would have been a bit shorter without all the filler parts if she had just stuck to the story but I wanted to hear about the murder/suicide so would have preferred shorter.

Just ok

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If, like me, you are looking for an insightful, gripping and addictive true crime book please move along, there is nothing to see here. The actual case is probably discussed in only about 20% of the book. The rest is the ramblings of a seemingly paranoid and self centred author who drones on about her own sensitivities and recounts random stories that go nowhere. It’s rubbish

Extremely dull and tiresome

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