Under the Bridge

Auteur

Rebecca Godfrey (1967-2022) was an award-winning novelist and journalist. Her books include The Torn Skirt, finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the award-winning true-crime story Under the Bridge, adapted as a Hulu limited series starring Riley Keough as Rebecca Godfrey. Godfrey earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and taught writing at Columbia University. She lived with her husband and daughter in upstate New York.

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A haunting journalistic account of the true events surrounding the 1997 murder of fourteen-year-old Reena Virk.

Résumé

Now a forthcoming major TV series starring Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone

A future true crime classic featuring an introduction by Mary Gaitskill

'Dreamy, mysterious and ultimately terrifying' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me

'A swift, harrowing classic' Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation

British Columbia, 1997.

One moonlit night, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home.

In Under the Bridge, acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls - and boy - accused of a savage murder. As she follows the investigation and trials, Godfrey reveals the startling truth about the unlikely killers.

Laced with lyricism and insight, Under the Bridge is an unforgettable look at a haunting modern tragedy.

'A modern day Crime and Punishment that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A stunning book' Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success

'Under the Bridge is brilliant, enthralling, heart breaking and disturbing' Nadine Matheson, author of The Binding Room

'A tour-de-force of true crime reportage' Kirkus Reviews

'Mixes novelistic suspense with a journalist's key eye for detail' Bustle

'Hypnotic, obsessive, wonderfully transformative' John Guare, author of Six Degrees of Separation