Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime

by Candace Fleming

Book Overview

How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century."

In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593177428
• ISBN13: 9780593177426
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12