In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, generating both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. Chills the blood and exercises the intelligence. The most famous true crime novel of all time, In Cold Blood is the bestseller that haunted its author long after he finished writing it. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote generates suspense and empathy. About the Book With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature.
