An Unexplained Death : The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere (Hardcover)

from Cherylk

I agree with some of the other readers that this book felt discombobulated. It didn't flow very smoothly. It was like there were so many details and facts that the author wanted to include in the book that they were all thrown into the story. This is sad as I was looking forward to reading this b...

from bogopea

Not as expected. The body of the title is considered an unexplained death. Interspersed in the story are under suicides that occurred in the Hotel Belvidere lover the years. I found the writing less than energetic and her investigation the work of an amateur. Not worthy of a book.

from akblanchard

Tall, handsome, and charismatic, newlywed Rey Rivera would seem to have had everything going for him. Yet the aspiring screenwriter is found dead after jumping (or was he pushed?) from the roof of the Belvidere, a former luxury hotel gone condo in Baltimore. Author Mikita Brottman, who lives in t...

from ecataldi

Super dark and enthralling. Mikita Brottman investigates a mysterious death in her apartment building, while also referencing back to the former hotel's sordid past as a den of suicides and murders. Rey Rivera's death raises questions not only for his family, but for the media as well. This you s...

from daanrd

I found this book to be fascinating; once I started reading I couldn't put it down. The heart of the book is the author's ten-year pursuit of the facts surrounding the death of a young man who apparently jumped or fell from the roof of a hotel, but the book also includes meanders into suicide gen...