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The Man Who Borrowed the Dead

The Giza Butcher Case

An investigation of deception, fear, and the machinery of a case whose facts are darker than its legend.

By Evan DrakeInvestigative nonfictionAvailable on Amazon

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Inside the book

Suspense without the shortcut of certainty.

Deception as machinery

The investigation examines how lies compound, recruit circumstance, and become difficult to separate from fact.

Fear and its witnesses

Attention stays on the atmosphere surrounding the case and the people forced to navigate it.

Fact before legend

The book returns repeatedly to the record beneath the name by which the case became known.

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