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Book Review of Death at Every Stop: The True Story of Alleged Gay Serial Killer Andrew Cunanan, the Man Accused of Murdering Designer Versace (St. Martin's True Crime Library)

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From the backcover:

THE SPREE KILLINGS THAT TERRORIZED THE NATION

April 29,1997 - The body of 28-year-old Jeffrey Trail found wrapped in a rug in a Minneapolis apartment. May 3 - Fishermen find the body of 33-year-old architect David Madson in Minnesota's East Rush Lake. May 4 - The tortured body of wealthy 72-year-old real estate investor Lee Miglin found in his garage. May 9 - 45-year-old caretaker William Reese found in a New Jersey cemetery with a bullet in his head. July 15 - World-renowned fashion designer Gianni Versace shot twice in the back of the head and left to die in from of his South Beach mansion.

THE CAT-AND-MOUSE CHASE THAT GRIPPED THE COUNTRY

The man responsible for these horrific slayings was Andrew Cunanan, a cunning, cold-blooded killer who eluded ploice for three months until July 23, 1997, when, after a harrowing standoff on a Miami houseboat, police fond Cunanan inside the boat - dead by his own hand, But as the tragic crime spree comes to an end, the mystery is just beginning - who was Andrew Cunanan and what led him to savagely murder five men? What was his relationship to the victims? And how did a handsome, privileged young man venture so far into the dark side?

THE FINAL ENDING THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD

Described as everything from a flamboyant playboy to a tansvestite prostitute to a gold-digging "kept man", Andrew Cunanan has remained an enigma - even in death. Now, in this searing expose, author Wensley Clarkson examines Cunanan from the inside out, revealing never-before-told facts about his life.