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An unresolved murder. A famous house. A file that still has not answered.
House Above the Lake is an evidence-aware true crime investigation of the unresolved Valerie Percy case, the 1966 murder of twenty-one-year-old Valerie Jean Percy inside her family’s Kenilworth, Illinois, home near Lake Michigan.
Rather than treating suspicion as certainty, this historical true crime book follows the case through the record: the bedroom attack, the alarm, the intruder reportedly seen but not identified, the route toward the lakeshore, the physical evidence that raised questions without closing them, and the competing theories that shaped public memory.
The book examines how a case with witnesses, objects, suspect lanes, police files, and national attention still failed to become a verdict. It considers the burglary theory, the Hohimer-Malchow lead, the later attention around William E. Thoresen III, and the problem of political interpretation without turning any unproved theory into a final accusation.
At the center is Valerie herself: a Cornell graduate, a daughter and sister, and a young woman whose life should not be reduced to the public drama that followed her death. The book restores the person before returning to the evidence, the investigation, the restricted records, and the decades of unanswered questions.
It also follows the case’s afterlife: newspapers, broadcasts, cold-case writing, FOIA disputes, sealed records, and the uneasy balance between public access and investigative caution. In a case so long associated with power, grief, suspicion, and secrecy, the locked file becomes part of the story without becoming proof of a hidden answer.
Written in a restrained investigative style, House Above the Lake is for readers of cold case books, historical true crime, unsolved murder nonfiction, and evidence-focused case analysis. It does not promise certainty where the record does not support it. It follows what remains: the evidence, the limits, the memory, and the question that still stands above the lake.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. An unresolved murder. A famous house. A file that still has not answered.House Above the Lake is an evidence-aware true crime investigation of the unresolved Valerie Percy case, the 1966 murder of twenty-one-year-old Valerie Jean Percy inside her family's Kenilworth, Illinois, home near Lake Michigan.Rather than treating suspicion as certainty, this historical true crime book follows the case through the record: the bedroom attack, the alarm, the intruder reportedly seen but not identified, the route toward the lakeshore, the physical evidence that raised questions without closing them, and the competing theories that shaped public memory.The book examines how a case with witnesses, objects, suspect lanes, police files, and national attention still failed to become a verdict. It considers the burglary theory, the Hohimer-Malchow lead, the later attention around William E. Thoresen III, and the problem of political interpretation without turning any unproved theory into a final accusation.At the center is Valerie herself: a Cornell graduate, a daughter and sister, and a young woman whose life should not be reduced to the public drama that followed her death. The book restores the person before returning to the evidence, the investigation, the restricted records, and the decades of unanswered questions.It also follows the case's afterlife: newspapers, broadcasts, cold-case writing, FOIA disputes, sealed records, and the uneasy balance between public access and investigative caution. In a case so long associated with power, grief, suspicion, and secrecy, the locked file becomes part of the story without becoming proof of a hidden answer.Written in a restrained investigative style, House Above the Lake is for readers of cold case books, historical true crime, unsolved murder nonfiction, and evidence-focused case analysis. It does not promise certainty where the record does not support it. It follows what remains: the evidence, the limits, the memory, and the question that still stands above the lake. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798186535676
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. An unresolved murder. A famous house. A file that still has not answered.House Above the Lake is an evidence-aware true crime investigation of the unresolved Valerie Percy case, the 1966 murder of twenty-one-year-old Valerie Jean Percy inside her family's Kenilworth, Illinois, home near Lake Michigan.Rather than treating suspicion as certainty, this historical true crime book follows the case through the record: the bedroom attack, the alarm, the intruder reportedly seen but not identified, the route toward the lakeshore, the physical evidence that raised questions without closing them, and the competing theories that shaped public memory.The book examines how a case with witnesses, objects, suspect lanes, police files, and national attention still failed to become a verdict. It considers the burglary theory, the Hohimer-Malchow lead, the later attention around William E. Thoresen III, and the problem of political interpretation without turning any unproved theory into a final accusation.At the center is Valerie herself: a Cornell graduate, a daughter and sister, and a young woman whose life should not be reduced to the public drama that followed her death. The book restores the person before returning to the evidence, the investigation, the restricted records, and the decades of unanswered questions.It also follows the case's afterlife: newspapers, broadcasts, cold-case writing, FOIA disputes, sealed records, and the uneasy balance between public access and investigative caution. In a case so long associated with power, grief, suspicion, and secrecy, the locked file becomes part of the story without becoming proof of a hidden answer.Written in a restrained investigative style, House Above the Lake is for readers of cold case books, historical true crime, unsolved murder nonfiction, and evidence-focused case analysis. It does not promise certainty where the record does not support it. It follows what remains: the evidence, the limits, the memory, and the question that still stands above the lake. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798186535676
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