A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the
mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the
female private investigator who helped crack it open.
Erika Krouse has one of those faces. "I don't know why I'm telling you
this," people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a
new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The
role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea
what she's doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate
a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players
and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the
assignment down. Her own history with sexual violence makes it all too
personal. But she takes the job anyway, inspired by Grayson's conviction
that he could help change things forever. And maybe she could, too.
Over the next five years, Erika learns everything she can about P. I.
technique, tracking down witnesses and investigating a culture of sexual
assault and harassment ingrained in the university's football program.
But as the investigation grows into a national scandal and a historic
civil rights case that revolutionizes Title IX law, Erika finds herself
increasingly consumed. When the case and her life both implode at the
same time, Erika must figure out how to help win the case without losing
herself.
