When a talented and beautiful young woman is murdered in her Upper East Side apartment the week after Thanksgiving 2005, the police take a close look at her complicated love life.Sources:1. LaRosa, Paul, and Erin Moriarty. Death of a Dream. Simon and Schuster, 2008.2. “Catherine Elizabe...
When a talented and beautiful young woman is murdered in her Upper East Side apartment the week after Thanksgiving 2005, the police take a close look at her complicated love life.
Sources:
1. LaRosa, Paul, and Erin Moriarty. Death of a Dream. Simon and Schuster, 2008.
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